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553

June 1, 2023May 31, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

The Dandy

Walks off the bus

Gracefully

Opens his umbrella

Strolls

Like he stepped off a private jet

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May 30, 2023May 1, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Coppersmith

 Pounds

 Metal

All day long

Creating

Souvenirs

Sold to tourists

Keeping

Traditional

Craftsmanship

Alive

Allowing

Workers to survive

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May 28, 2023May 1, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Bending down

Pulling weeds

Picking up

Gigantic

Sea grape tree leaves

Natural

Garden

Exercise

Relaxes

Me

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May 26, 2023May 1, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Tangier

International City

Cavernous hotel bar 

Full of unusual characters

Barely remember

Was it her smile and perfume?

Or

Exotic African & Middle Eastern music?

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549

May 24, 2023May 1, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Rode Ferris wheel

Round and Round

Never looked down

Plenty of honey

1/4 ashes

Midlife

Looking back

Great ¾

Forget

Disasters

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May 22, 2023May 1, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 2 Comments

Not much today

Sitting under coconut tree

Resting in shade

Drinking pink lemonade

Watching Atlantic Ocean waves

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547

May 20, 2023May 1, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Stack up like CBS blocks

Recognition

Across

Boards

Falling on slippery floors

Leading to locked doors

Build fortress

Everything else could become worthless

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546

May 18, 2023May 1, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Church bells ring

Nearby

Cemetery

Gravestones

Stand still

Down below

Decomposed

In permanent homes

The occupants

No longer sing

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545

May 16, 2023May 1, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

California

Works

Copacabana Beach

He provides Gringos

Beach chairs

Food

Chopps

Caipirinhas

Introduction to a female friend is FREE

Great time

Hot sol

South of Equator

Hook up with new lady friend

Dinner

Dancing

Whatever

Later

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544

May 14, 2023May 1, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

First morning duty

Barefoot

Sweeping

All

187

Stepping stones

That

Form

Winding

Pathways

Throughout

Zen

Tropical garden

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543

May 12, 2023May 1, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 1 Comment

I write to keep my mind occupied.

If not, I would need to go outside.

Jump

On

Escalator

Pretending

 I’m rising

Keeping pace

With the tribe

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May 10, 2023May 1, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 1 Comment

The Temptress

Lured

Me

Into her domain

We made a deal

I lost

Now I’m secured with rusty chains

Kneeling

Eternally

Hers

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May 8, 2023May 1, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 1 Comment

Everyday

Wears

White Tilley hat

Multicolored braid

Walks with a cane

Slowly crosses A1A

Sits in chair

On beach sand

Next to lifeguard stand

Writing short stories that do not sell

What the hell

Lost ambition long ago

Would not trade situation

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May 6, 2023May 1, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Big Boys

Control

Pipeline

Minnows

Wait in line

Begging

For

Scraps

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539

May 4, 2023May 1, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Twist

Turn

Jab here

Jig there

Testing

How far I can throw the line

Get up cleaning off dirt

Hey Dude

“You have holes in your shirt”

“No problem Stan

I’m not like you

Always

Spick- and- Span

Cannot come up with a couple of grand”

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May 2, 2023May 1, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 1 Comment

Scraped barrel clean

No more suffering

Everything OK you say

Glad to see you’re on sunny side of day

I’m still covered with acid rain

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April 30, 2023March 27, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Worn hands

Holding onto shovel

Stuck into ground

Gardener needs rest

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April 28, 2023March 27, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Seagulls

Gather around

While

First Mate

Fillets

Today’s

Catch

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April 26, 2023March 27, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Flashes of the blues

This is all new

What’s up?

Holding metal cup

Begging for help

I can use

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April 24, 2023March 27, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Solitary

Pine Tree

Stands tall

 Edge of cliff

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April 22, 2023March 27, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Seeking

Immortality

I allowed poisonous serpent inside

Moving

Growing

Rising

Like The tide

Too late

Cannot change my mind

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April 20, 2023March 27, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 1 Comment

I made a visit to a traditional Chinese herbal doctor for my constipation.

The old physician said:

“Take snake gourd and you should be 10 pounds lighter at the next consultation.”

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531

April 18, 2023March 27, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Always

Alone

Sitting on garden swing

While

Delicate

White Frangipani Flowers

Fall around her

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April 16, 2023March 27, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

I’m

Under attack

Summer rain

Termite wings

On

Between

Typewriter keys 

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April 14, 2023March 27, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Guatemala

Walking on dirt road

Boy Carries basket full of wood

Followed closely by his dog

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April 12, 2023March 27, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Stuck

Under

Monstrous

Rock

Clock

Goes

Tic–Toc

Tic–Toc

        I

                 Cannot

                                          Become

                                                                 Unstuck

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April 10, 2023March 27, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 1 Comment

Midday

Digging holes

Feel worn out

Stop

Chew on three chunks 100% cacao

Rejuvenates

Me

Back

Digging

Planting

Two Royal Palm trees

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April 8, 2023March 27, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Unable

To

Stop

Shaking

He

Takes his pills

Laboring

To make it through each day

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April 6, 2023March 27, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 1 Comment

Frail woman

Worn dirty clothes

Chewing nails

Resting on cement bench

Looking

Far away

Maybe for a better place

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April 4, 2023March 27, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Gravel path

Lizard

Gingerly

Maneuvered

Around

Snake

Catching

Summer

Rays

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April 2, 2023March 27, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Climbed the mountain
When reached the top

Did not like what I saw

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March 31, 2023March 13, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 1 Comment

Tree Frog sits waits

Camouflaged on travelers palm

Nibbling all–night

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March 30, 2023March 1, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 1 Comment

Polished black shoes

Pressed clean white shirt

Red power tie

The middle-aged man

Proudly stands at bus stop

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March 28, 2023March 1, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 1 Comment

Holding last three balloons

One by one

He releases them to fly away

Bows to the crowd

Walks out into the night

Lights up his corn pipe

Tomorrow

Different town

Life of the clown

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March 26, 2023March 1, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Little Havana

Miami

Waitress

Distributes

Cups of Cuban coffee

With assembly line precision

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March 24, 2023March 1, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Walking

Stopping

The exhausted warrior

Turned around

Gazed

At his foot prints

Then tossed his weapon

Into the snow

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March 22, 2023March 1, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Las Vegas

Cards, cash, chips

Neon, glitz

Around the clock delight

Stay up all night

Food and booze galore

Never a bore

Street touts hand out cards

Advertising

Prostitution

Sin city

Started by a mobster named Bugsy

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March 20, 2023March 1, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Cloudy sky need rain

Lone cactus ready to drink

Suffered long enough

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March 18, 2023March 1, 2023 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Dressed in black

The men

Stood in line

Collecting

Rain checks

Exchanged

Later

For peace of mind

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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

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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 

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