Tag Archives: Poetry

Buffer

Posted on June 28, 2022 by sputterpub

Morose comes close to capturing the toneI first encountered entering their place.Initially the mood, in loading zone,was almost joyful, and the greeting facewore happy looks from mouth to curving eyes.But when we left the car to eat our foodI sensed … Continue reading →

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Third Strike (America’s Game)

Posted on June 27, 2022 by sputterpub

I always thought the office overblown –Executive just means to make it work,and I when young or even fully grownsized up each President as ego jerk.Admittedly I was in fact impressedwith Congress as it processed Watergate,but that was then. Reality … Continue reading →

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A Saturday Down

Posted on June 26, 2022 by sputterpub

I flew away from home and then took ill.At first I thought it was the edibleI chewed so fast, but as fatigue went onand as the cough increased, it came to dawnon me I wasn’t free to sit and bea … Continue reading →

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Always You

Posted on June 25, 2022 by sputterpub

You showed that grumpy passion as a child,and even now you’re pushing 46your attitudes are anything but mild,and I no longer hunger for a fix.You’ve always been yourself – uniquely styled:impatient and decisive and a mixof hot and cold, of … Continue reading →

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Still Negative

Posted on June 24, 2022 by sputterpub

Still negative, although I’ve got a cough,and feel fatigue most every afternoon,my chatter with a doctor made me scoff –I’m tired cause I’m out of bed too sooneach morning, and the reason breathing’s offis hanging with a 5 year-old in … Continue reading →

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If You Forgot

Posted on June 23, 2022 by sputterpub

If you forgot some time you meant to keep,although you wrote and may have snapped a shot,perhaps you needn’t criticize. Don’t weep,if you forgot. Your memory is adequate. It’s notinfallible, but stores some visions deepand loses lighter memories a lot. … Continue reading →

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Slime

Posted on June 22, 2022 by sputterpub

Attracted to sci-fi, I read it allwhen I was young: the classics and pulp, too.I watched the movies, and I now recallnear every alien directors threwat us: the monsters building-large or small.And sure they all were gross, but in my … Continue reading →

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I Will Differ to All

Posted on June 21, 2022 by sputterpub

She didn’t differ but she typed the word.She meant “defer.” Her phone did not detectthe error though the syntax was absurd(we differ from – deferring to’s correct).We understood her meaning – she was heard;her sentiment is what we all expect.Cooperative … Continue reading →

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To Catch a Cold

Posted on June 20, 2022 by sputterpub

Five days ago the boy was taken ill.There’d been a case of Covid at his school.His parents tested him – they knew the drill:a negative and soon a forehead cool.In caution they conducted him by carfor deeper testing, through the … Continue reading →

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Pet Peeve

Posted on June 19, 2022 by sputterpub

I wish she didn’t irritate me so.I’m sure I’d miss her rage if she were dead.She’s quick to take up verbal arms, to throwher hands into the air, declare insteadof listening we really ought to knowshe’s walked that road herself, … Continue reading →

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