Category Archives: Poetry

Bookless

Posted on September 7, 2024 by sputterpub

My Kindle’s fully charged, but not with me.Now I must bus and train and bus without.I have a phone app but it’s hard to see.I feel too well to voice complaints aboutthis lack. It gives me opportunityto veer from habit, … Continue reading →

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Remediation

Posted on September 6, 2024 by sputterpub

The noise above my ceiling bothers me.I’m used to seeing animals outside;I like the avian activity,the skunks are cute, opossums I abide.The squirrel vandals and the racoon shitI tolerate – this yard I think’s as muchtheir home as mine, and … Continue reading →

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Setting a Low Bar

Posted on September 5, 2024 by sputterpub

The ℞ for today is laying low –my hips are tight; my shoulders now complain.My stamina for walking says to slowit down, and here’s a Thursday to refrainfrom any extra effort. I’ll regainmy vigor soon – right now I’ll give … Continue reading →

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Return to Service

Posted on September 4, 2024 by sputterpub

The book was thick. I had to flick through inches till I foundwhat I recall as best of all. Pronouncing every sound,I read again the lines from when I felt my interest heat(and ever since, my fingerprints tattoo to meter’s … Continue reading →

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Modern Windows

Posted on September 3, 2024 by sputterpub

We’ve noticed new construction has a changein how they pick the windows to install.Of course they’re double-paned, but it seems strangethe part that can be opened is so small.Likewise, the ADU that’s like a wallabove my deck: most windows that … Continue reading →

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By Our Bootstraps

Posted on September 2, 2024 by sputterpub

Remembering when we were both 15,and met without a clue we’d share a yearso filled with enterprise and no caffeine(one never knows until the vision’s clearwith hindsight, how significant some hourscontribute to the memories we’ll hold).We shared strong intellect, eccentric … Continue reading →

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Group Dynamics

Posted on September 1, 2024 by sputterpub

I understand there’s power in a crowd.A company can consummate a job.For good or ill a faction may be loud:at best a rally and at worst a mob.But I’ll admit groups do not ring my bell.I seldom seek a venue, … Continue reading →

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Through a Lens Diagnostic

Posted on August 31, 2024 by sputterpub

“There’s something wrong – he isn’t strong – confronted by a choice,he can’t pick toys – there’s too much noise inside, that saps his voice.He’s only 3, but don’t you see – my boy’s a special case.Autism’s name is how … Continue reading →

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A Silent Battle Over Setting Up the Coffee Maker

Posted on August 30, 2024 by sputterpub

Although they met and promptly set about to fall in love,and he behaved as if he’d saved his vigor for a shovetoward firm embrace and gaze in face like fairy tales of yore,in point of fact their marriage pact was … Continue reading →

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Me and the Spider

Posted on August 29, 2024 by sputterpub

Again surprised at sensitivityfrom muscles I thought I’d well exercised…I chased a spider. Now I get to beagain surprised. She scurried on my sheet. I recognizedher leggy form and smashed her fatally.Today my quadriceps are compromised. I move with stiffness; … Continue reading →

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