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972

October 16, 2025October 2, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

locked away

nice and tight 

key buried

deep inside

your soul of bitterness

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971

October 14, 2025October 2, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 1 Comment

Shaving her tan legs

Hot bath

Foamy cream

Sharp blade

Relieves stress of day

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October 12, 2025October 2, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

catching butterflies

warm spring morning

sunny sky

she began to cry

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October 10, 2025October 2, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

washing dishes by hand

scrub & dry

plates

forks

pot

frying pan

my nightly relaxation

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968

October 8, 2025October 2, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Ten Thousand Islands

Dropped anchor under stars

We made love on sandbar

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967

October 6, 2025October 2, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

all night with headlamp

scribbling poems among tombstones

no longer alone

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966

October 4, 2025October 2, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

take me

please take me

faraway

where I can play my bamboo flute

every day

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965

October 2, 2025September 2, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

the couple

never take the trouble

to make own mark

instead

schmooze

and

lasso

another horse to ride

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964

September 29, 2025September 2, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

dark room 

everyone gone

I turn off the switch to my mind

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963

September 28, 2025September 2, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

South of Equator

shoe box room

one bed

one desk

one chair

spinning ceiling fan 

I’m covered in sweat

scribbling

poems

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September 26, 2025September 2, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

during conflict

erase from mind

possible loss

creating path to victory

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961

September 24, 2025September 2, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

bottle of wine

home gourmet dinner

discussing politics

explosive sex

handcuffs always win

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960

September 22, 2025September 2, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 1 Comment

Tap

Tap

Tap

The

Keys

Dr Pepper & coconut rum

Typewriter 

Me

Deep in fantasy

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959

September 20, 2025September 2, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

You are the greed prophet

Look

Emptying my pockets

Is this not enough?

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September 18, 2025September 2, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

all day

summer heat

scoop

scoop

shoveling

feeding beast

Boss Man

controls the speed

these tired feet

growing old

my grave will provide rest I need

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September 16, 2025September 2, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Standing

Top of hill

Screaming

“I’m in control”

No one can hear you

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September 14, 2025September 2, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Faceless

Nameless

Ghosts

Frantically

All night

Stock shelves

Kowtow to machine

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September 12, 2025September 2, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 1 Comment

Freshly poured cement

We put down our handprints

Forever together

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September 10, 2025September 2, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

cadavers 

rise above ground

circle around

elevate

The One

who

will

chip

chip

chip

carving

bit

bit

bit

unlocking the crypt 

behold

flame again lit

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September 8, 2025September 2, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 1 Comment

box of macaroni and cheese

few slices of bread

six pack of cheap beer

alone & old

resting my bones

tomorrow

holding on to shit job

doing what I’m told

the cycle

until

without a home

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September 6, 2025September 2, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

walking on gravel road

hot

thirsty

totally lost

followed by thin dog

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September 4, 2025September 2, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Cold analysis

Conflicts with intuition

Causing great pain

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September 2, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 1 Comment

Shackled by ego

Possessed by hollow treasures

Mankind

Rots away

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coconut tree

succumbs

to hurricane winds

I watch slow motion fall

life taken

no one’s fault

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powerful

rain

the gutter working hard 

fertilized heliconias today

tomorrow

explosive

 growth

I will sleep well tonight

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932

July 26, 2025July 1, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 1 Comment

like a carpenter who cuts wood

each piece from the same saw

repetition

creates

indoctrination

and

control of the people

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July 24, 2025July 1, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

The Middle East

Perpetual

Chaos

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Understands

Power

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July 22, 2025July 1, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Pretty lady

 Came from Haiti

I met her in Miami

Smiled so easy

Talking a few moments

Calmed me

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July 20, 2025July 1, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

I

love

Barbecue Pulled Pork Sandwiches

Hush Puppies

and

Beer

Yes

I’m raised in Deep South

Always wanted to get out

Tried hand in LA

Bright lights

Fast life

Was

 OK

Heading home

This time to stay

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July 18, 2025July 1, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

The Peruvian

Convinced her to move some snow

She hit the jackpot

Until the prison door closed

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July 16, 2025July 1, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Old Lady

waves her wand

a plenty

stirring the pot

same ole

same ole

plot

following the cards

her daggers always sharp

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July 14, 2025July 1, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 1 Comment

eternal 

frustration

chasing

after

other folks

crumbs

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July 12, 2025July 1, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 2 Comments

low tide

collecting shells

searching

never finding

perfection

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Nighttime garden walk

Two owls cuddle under moon

Listen to silence

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promises

float away like clouds

How many times?

standing

alone

patching together

Hope

crushed

by the same stone

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on my knees 

clawing into the earth

looking at my dirty hands

heart

soul

working the land

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July 4, 2025July 1, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 1 Comment

It is a cold, wet, and windy night. I’m inside my warm shack relaxing in an ancient recliner, reading a book that is falling apart, while the light flickers, and rodents run around inside the roof.

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July 1, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 1 Comment

he never smiled

we drank our beers

stepping down from bar stool

he wished me luck

and

mumbled

“my cane

my only friend”

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June 30, 2025June 1, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

cool day

I sit in the sun

watching

butterflies

play

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Relax

Be patient

Sit by the river with your fishing pole

Most of all

Do not be dragged down the rabbit hole

Overtime

Bad character

Will be exposed

Then you will completely know

It is time get up

And

Permanently

Walk away from the sideshow

 

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For a long time

She had suffered much

No longer heard the beautiful sounds

Of the garden chimes

Final days

I sat in a chair

Next to her hospital bed

In the end

“I no longer believe”

Is what she said

 

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Leaning

Against the tile wall

Taking a long hot shower

Scrubbing

Away the dirt

With a new bar of soap

Did not

Remove humiliation

But

Provided

Her

A bit of hope

 

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Frantically

Scratching

At his deformed image

In the mirror

Hyperventilating

He cried

“Please help I need air”

Fallen idol

Emotional bowl of jello

Desecrated soul

Pissed in his own rice bowl

Alone

There are no more calls

No longer the star

Of the Masquerade balls

 

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Husband Who Really Upset Hot Blooded Wife

Pour me some bourbon

I just upset my women

Do you have spare bed?

She wants to chop off my head

Bartender help or I’m dead

 

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Stories

From

Men, Women, Marriage, Relationships, Friendship, Love & Sex

 

Elite make the rules
Peasants follow just like mules
Feed me leftovers
Send young men to be soldiers
Bow down to the pawnbroker

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Privileged
Less privileged
Social climbers
Boomerang slackers
Believe in the good book
Or burn in hell
Pray five times a day
Study Quran
Or an infidel
Sprinkle ancient dust here and there
Until on their deathbed
Atheists do not seem to care
Who is right?
Who is wrong?
Respect each other’s beliefs
Start getting along
Before humankind is gone

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Fed beast for long time

Today woke up changed my mind

Freedom what I need

Veins dry nothing left to bleed

Tomorrow will sow new seeds

 

Stories 

From

Peeling Off The Human Condition

 

Bahia

Walking along the Praia
I met a lady
With
Long black hair streaked with gray
She whispered:
“Make love to me
only
this one time
and
I promise
Macumba
will make sure you always remember tonight.”
Now
Alone
My Dreams
Always the same
Sitting on a milk crate
Using a hacksaw
Trying to cut chains from my legs
Back-and-Forth
Back-and-Forth
Back-and-Forth

 

Yucatan Peninsula
Mexico

Lying in hammock
Cigarette hanging from mouth
Soles of feet badly cracked
The fisherman
Mumbled
To his dog
Stop
Licking
Bottle of tequila
On dirt ground

 

Travel Tales

From

Travels With The Hermit Poet

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When feeling alone
I visit snakes in garden
Outcasts-Friends that last

 

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Boots places on stoop
Morning garden duties done
Time to watch moss grow

 

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Year after year
Designing, hauling, digging
Section after section
The hermit painstakingly
created his dream garden

 

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Humble on my knees
Casually pulling weeds
My garden comforts me

 

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Drops summer rain
Heliconia & gingers
No longer thirsty

 

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Garden Tales

 From 

Tropical Garden Stories

 

 

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