1063

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Lie in bed

Sleep time

Meal time

Medication time

Institutionalized

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1062

April 20, 2026March 31, 2026 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 1 Comment

I took

What I thought was to be

My final walk

Stopped

Fell asleep

Woke up

Shackled

To a gigantic ficus tree

No longer free

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1061

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Years gone by

Like seaweed floating endlessly on the ocean

The Father

On his deathbed

With complete honesty

Told his son

“I’m sorry I hurt you”

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1060

April 16, 2026March 31, 2026 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 1 Comment

Freedom

We take for granted

Until

We lose it

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1059

April 14, 2026March 31, 2026 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Oh boy

Did I climb

the mountain top

looked down

and realized

it was not worth it

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1058

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Admittance

The man

Stands at the gate

Checking

ID’s

Only

The normal

Allowed to pass

The man

Holds

The power

The chosen

Walk through the glass

Into another world

Full

Truth

No one wears a mask

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1057

April 10, 2026March 31, 2026 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 1 Comment

Vacuuming cobwebs from brain

Clean mind is a healthy mind

What happens

When cobwebs are the only thing left?

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1056

April 8, 2026March 31, 2026 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

The Landlady

No one gets in her way

Runs a rental house

Mattresses on the floor

Always someone opening

Closing front door

Cheap rent

Packed in like sardines

Shelter expensive in this town

No one complains

Better than sleeping in car

Or outside in the rain

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1055

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Sleep rough

Dreaming all night

Wake up

Shaking

Mind plays tricks

Off and on all day

Raining outside

Pencil sharpener grinds

No place to hide

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1054

April 4, 2026March 31, 2026 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 1 Comment

World spinning too fast

Nothing manufactured to last

Use the widget

Tired of the widget

Toss in the trash

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1053

April 2, 2026March 31, 2026 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

She

Prays

Mornings

Nights

Totally

Convinced

This is the reason

She has a good life

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1052

March 30, 2026March 2, 2026 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Destiny

That is the excuse

He uses for

All

The

Failures in his life

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1051

March 28, 2026March 2, 2026 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

The

Astrologer

usually

right

except

she

could not

pick a husband

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1050

March 26, 2026March 2, 2026 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

ran

and

ran

But could not escape

the

past

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1049

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Empty shell

Stranded

On the beach sand

No longer

Able to feel

Happy or sad

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1048

March 22, 2026March 2, 2026 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Selected Communism Is Blind

Her argument was not convincing

She relied on propaganda, not numbers

“I do not support Universal Healthcare For All because it is Communism”

Who pays for your Medicare? I asked

My and millions of other’s tax dollars

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1047

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Con man

Expert at selling brand

Stoke their emotions

Brainwash

Uniformed

Followers

Tell

Them

What they want to her

Light the match

Enflame their fears

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1046

March 18, 2026March 2, 2026 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 1 Comment

He relied only on logic

Never

Trusted

Intuition

Not everything can be explained

Good plans

Poor timing

Bad luck

Trust the gut

Don’t become stuck in rot

Logic is not only tool

Do not play the fool

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1045

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Hair turning gray

Teeth starting decay

He packed a sack

Full of snacks

Thumb up

Caught a lift

Complete flip

Left reality

Homeless

Life of uncertainty

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1044

March 14, 2026March 2, 2026 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

He is able to convince the skeptics

Borrow billions

Play money

For

Eccentric ideas

Every investor is looking out

For the next great thing

He sells that dream

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1043

March 12, 2026March 2, 2026 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 1 Comment

The powerful

Understand

Repeat

To the people

Over and over

Falsehoods

That

Eventually

Becames

Reality

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1042

March 10, 2026March 2, 2026 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Clicking the pen

Put something down on the pad

I’m sad

Squeezing the pulp

Out of my brain

It’s late in this game

Please

One way ticket

On your last train

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1041

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Not much left to do

Just think of past

Nothing new

Couple slices of bread

Leftover stew

I miss her

Life now a mess

I still remember

When I purchased her

That

Simple

Sexy

Dress

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1040

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Stuck in the

60s

70s

Am I the only creature

Who still uses

A paper map?

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1039

March 4, 2026March 2, 2026 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Life

Did not

Give me

Fancy

Dancy

Ripe fruit

Instead

I mostly tasted bitterness

Unable to recognize

This man

Eyes full of tears

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1038

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Sitting on her Arabian horse

Proud

Life is good

She lights a cigar

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1037

February 27, 2026January 14, 2026 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Slow march

Consistent march

Walking off into oblivion

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1036

February 25, 2026January 14, 2026 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Shiny marbles keep on rolling

However

Retreaded tires last only short time

Cheat poor

Turn peasants into whores

Snipping

On Leftovers

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1035

February 23, 2026January 14, 2026 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 2 Comments

Decisions

Made a few bad ones

Who is counting?

Then day becomes night

The mind begins to bite

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1034

February 21, 2026January 14, 2026 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 1 Comment

one candle is lit

of course I write when light is just a bit

pen and paper my close friends

sometimes

I’m rattled how some poems end

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1033

February 19, 2026January 14, 2026 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

longtime

since opening the book

Jack Kerouac

The

Dharma

Bums

wow

termites sure had fun

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1032

February 17, 2026January 14, 2026 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Walking

Talking

Skin

Bones

Weekly

Blood

Data

Transfusions

Soulless

Machines

This is the grand scheme

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1031

February 15, 2026January 14, 2026 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 1 Comment

glass

shatters

on tile floor

crunch down

my head into the pillow on the bed

heavy cry

competing

with strongest rain

coming

down

from a thunderous sky

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1030

February 13, 2026January 14, 2026 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 1 Comment

When I’m not feeling well

Stopping to rest

I think of wasted time

Which only brings frustration

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1029

February 11, 2026January 14, 2026 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Gigantic Boulder

Rolling down the mountain

Only option

Get out of the way

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1028

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hot humid days

heavy rain storms

shack invaded

I spray

spray some more

lemon juice mixed with vinegar

termites scatter

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1027

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dreams

all night dreams

so many dreams

I wake up

feet shaking

nerves shattered

look around

searching

finding

but

unable to grasp

scattered

bits of hope

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1026

February 5, 2026January 14, 2026 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

my muse just walked away

I try to write

lonely time now

awnings down on all the windows

sitting in the dark shack

slowly

tap

typewriter keys

ideas gone with window shaker breeze

my very own purgatory

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