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1065

April 26, 2026March 31, 2026 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Is there life after death?

Deep question

Sorry

Charlie

I’m too busy working

No time to think

Just

Work

And

Keep on working

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1064

April 24, 2026March 31, 2026 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

The poor and disadvantaged

Throughout history

Used and mistreated

When

Old and no longer needed

Tossed into the city gutter

To decay away 

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1063

April 22, 2026March 31, 2026 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

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

April 18, 2026March 31, 2026 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

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

April 12, 2026March 31, 2026 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

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

Of

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

April 6, 2026March 31, 2026 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

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

He

ran

ran

and

ran

But could not escape 

the 

past

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1049

March 24, 2026March 2, 2026 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

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

March 20, 2026March 2, 2026 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

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

March 16, 2026March 2, 2026 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

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

March 8, 2026March 2, 2026 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

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

March 6, 2026March 2, 2026 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

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

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

Sitting on her Arabian horse

Proud

Life is good

She lights a cigar

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1012

January 8, 2026December 24, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

I’m a frugal chap

Do not like to bust my back

Nighttime

Sleep on soft king-size sheet

Spread out on beach 

Daytime

SHAKE

SHAKE

My tin cup

Hey mister!

“Can you give this old beach bum a buck?”

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1011

January 6, 2026December 24, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Slow Burn

Absorb the pain

Hobble along with my cane

soon

only ashes

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1010

January 4, 2026December 24, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

the satanic one

flies

low

the satanic one

controls

the

flow

the satanic one

creates

undertow

today

the satanic one

glows

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1009

January 2, 2026December 24, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

sitting

observing

candle burn to the end

I never understood

how much

hurt

decimates

nerves

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1008

December 30, 2025December 24, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

Yesterday

A storm was near

Today

The weather is clear

Tomorrow

Nothing to fear

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997

December 8, 2025November 30, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

moss clings to Buddha statue

cowbell rings

finches

congregate to eat

days pass

seasons do not last

small changes

peaceful exchanges

garden

provides

refuge

from

world’s increasing dangers

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996

December 6, 2025November 30, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 1 Comment

Is being impartial

a

luxury

only

few

can

afford?

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995

December 4, 2025November 30, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

spring

blooming frenzy

bromeliad flower spikes

stand at attention

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994

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

Tokyo room

shared bathroom with thirty people

saved Yen for sushi

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993

November 30, 2025November 6, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ Leave a comment

spider crawling on wall

rain stopped

bananas will grow tall

rooster calls

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992

November 28, 2025November 6, 2025 ~ Edge of Humanity Magazine ~ 1 Comment

humble

on my knees

casually

pulling weeds

 garden

comforts me

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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

 

*

 

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

 

*

 

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

 

*

 

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

 

*

 

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

 

*

 

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

*

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

*

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

*

 

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

 

*

 

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

 

*

 

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

 

*

 

Humble on my knees
Casually pulling weeds
My garden comforts me

 

*

 

Drops summer rain
Heliconia & gingers
No longer thirsty

 

*

 

Garden Tales

 From 

Tropical Garden Stories

 

 

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