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791

October 7, 2024September 17, 2024 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

malnourished

raccoons

scavenging though dumpsters

trying to survive

man’s ferocious advancement of suburban paradise

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October 5, 2024September 17, 2024 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Garden tomatoes

Topped

With

Basil

Blue cheese

Balsamic vinegar

Baked garlic bread

Ice cold beer

Simple pleasures

I hold dear 

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789

October 3, 2024September 17, 2024 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Reach goals what for?

Bust out emergency door

Big Boss wants us lit

Easy to control money pit

Pitching dreams that don’t exist

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788

October 1, 2024September 17, 2024 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Sitting at bus stop

Broke

Cold

Hungry

Out of luck

Smoking cheap cigar

Always told would go far

Long ago

Stopped

Reaching for stars

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787

September 28, 2024September 2, 2024 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Golf course corner deals

So many in power steal

Suitcases of cash

Wire funds no questions asked

Retire Dubai and laugh

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786

September 26, 2024September 2, 2024 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Twelve blocks from South Beach

Rented a very small room

One month alone

Meditated on Zen koan

Not wiser, but beard sure has grown

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785

September 24, 2024September 2, 2024 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Falling overboard

All alone in the sea

Screaming

“Please help me”

You sail away with our dreams

Drowning

I watch hopelessly

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784

September 22, 2024September 2, 2024 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Throw your phone away

Hop aboard sail with me

Forget technology

No slaves to gadgets at sea

Wandering luddites

FREE

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783

September 20, 2024September 2, 2024 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 1 Comment

Worn out joints

Clattering bones

Inflamed muscles

Shuffling forward

Clutching onto my walker

I continue to chase after……..

“The Prize”

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782

September 18, 2024September 2, 2024 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

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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781

September 16, 2024September 2, 2024 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Dim light

Rats feast on birdseed tonight

Alone

I walk on black polished stones

Rodent smell

Coconut falls

Thunder

Far Away

Tree frog

Follows me

Wants to play

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780

September 14, 2024September 2, 2024 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Walking Old Quito

Wallet picked by Bandido

Turned red so upset

Then my Senhorita said

“Gringo lucky could be dead”

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September 12, 2024September 2, 2024 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

I’m a crazy lazy timeworn man.

The game no longer has meaning for me.

I sit on a warm bench watching carambolas rot on the tree.

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September 10, 2024September 2, 2024 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

The street performer

Plays music on the corner

Completely aware

That he brings joy and despair

To the few who still care

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September 8, 2024September 2, 2024 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 1 Comment

Hand-picked tomatoes

Grown with love for table

Topping fresh salads

Mixed in pasta with scallops

Homemade sauce fit for a palace

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776

September 6, 2024September 2, 2024 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 1 Comment

No one knows my name

I’m in the back

Washing dishes

Listening to laughter

Happy people

Enjoying

Food & Wine

Tomorrow

Same time

No one knows my name

I’m in the back

Washing dishes

I have no wishes

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September 4, 2024September 2, 2024 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Believers

Wrapped in white robes

Patiently

Stand in line

Holding

Tiny pink flowers

Exchanged

For

“Illusion of happiness”

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774

September 2, 2024September 2, 2024 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Tumbling down

All watched

Without saying a sound

Broken but not dead

I pulled up my suspenders

Snatched cane

 Marched straight ahead

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773

August 30, 2024August 4, 2024 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Swinging in hammock

morsels of sleep

between

light rain

heat

mosquitoes

pestering

me

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772

August 28, 2024August 4, 2024 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

no longer a pet in society’s zoo

paddling

fully loaded canoe

survive or die

unconcerned

nighttime

entertained

by

stars in sky

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August 26, 2024August 4, 2024 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Careful

Early morning garden walk

Quickly

Takes the place of

Chasing

Things

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August 24, 2024August 4, 2024 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Moist summer evening

Poignant angel’s trumpets scent

Bees hide inside hive

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769

August 22, 2024August 4, 2024 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 1 Comment

Every day

Ramen noodles

&

Vietnamese hot sauce

Cooked on single burner hot plate

Paranoia

Whispers

Creative expiration date

Callused fingers

Rapidly

Tap

Tap

Typewriter keys

Old rusty tool

Words

Polished into jewels

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768

August 20, 2024August 4, 2024 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 1 Comment

While on my knees, cutting herbs for tonight’s soup, I stop and observe a snail with determination, marching across a giant elephant ear leaf.

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August 18, 2024August 4, 2024 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Engulfed by pain

Mummified

Shackled with chains

All walked away

Dinner plates

Fall

On

Kitchen floor

Four

Locks

Front & back doors

Ceiling fans

Covered with dust

Cockroaches

Feast

On

Moldy

Pie crust

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766

August 16, 2024August 4, 2024 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Obedient

Believers

Eagerly

Listen

To

Slippery

Man

Preach

Mumbo Jumbo

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August 14, 2024August 4, 2024 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Window Shaker

Outside

Drain hole

Drip

Drip

Drip

Frogs

Visit

Enjoy

Sips

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764

August 12, 2024August 4, 2024 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 1 Comment

Walking to bookshelf

Grab old dictionary for help

Most look up words on net

Flipping pages clears my head

Books will never be dead

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August 10, 2024August 4, 2024 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Money

Buys security

Self-made best strategy

Silver spoon leads to lazy

Makes people greedy

Too much can cause misery

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August 8, 2024August 4, 2024 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

digging holes

plants

gently placed in soil

dirty hands

simplicity

laboring

on

my piece of land

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August 6, 2024August 4, 2024 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Age 48

Hemorrhoid operation

“No piece of cake”

Stayed away from doctors

Until

98

Routine physical

Sent on her way

Basket full of pills

Health

Rapidly

Downhill

Died

99

She always said:

“Strong Mind

Live Long Time”

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August 4, 2024August 4, 2024 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 1 Comment

It Has Begun

Earth melts

Environmentalists

Shout

Shout

Shout

Climate change

Deniers

On

Knees

Beg for help

Rising tides

Billions

Scramble to survive

One way ticket

New life on space station

Wealthy few

Climb aboard rocket ships

Catch last ride

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July 30, 2024July 2, 2024 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

walking

tossing

torn

photos

pulled from dirty bag

looking as if……..

relinquishing

past

the

Man

frantically

shouting

to rush hour traffic

“please be my friend”

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July 28, 2024July 2, 2024 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Garden

Wood chair

Again

Requires

Repair

We

Collaborated

On

Numerous

Poems

Together

Hopefully

 Our

Relationship

Lasts

Forever

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July 26, 2024July 2, 2024 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 1 Comment

Wyoming

Wide open spaces

Clear sky

Empty highways

Horse riding cowboys

Bison in Yellowstone

Great place to be left alone

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July 24, 2024July 2, 2024 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

swiftly

walking

past

man

soaking wet

lying on sidewalk

pedestrians

holding

 umbrellas

shield

themselves

from

light rain

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July 22, 2024July 2, 2024 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Nighttime

Yogyakarta

Indonesia

Becak

Driver

Took me around

Inner bowels

Backstreets

Where

Have-Nots

Moving about

Eating

Drinking

Nothing serious to care about

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July 20, 2024July 2, 2024 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

every few years

opening

boxes

old photographs

shared

with

bottle of wine

memories

flash-by

quick pass of time

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July 18, 2024July 2, 2024 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Window shaker

Blowing cool air

Still sweating

She

Is

Aggressively

Tapping

on

Typewriter keys

Liberating

The

Venom

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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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