ABOUT THE POEM: Chapter 81 – Placement examines how societies maintain psychological order not through power, but through categorization. By contrasting worshipped mythic figures like Ram with an unplaceable, self-aware figure like Ronie Dinosaur, the poem exposes how self-degradation is often rewarded because it restores hierarchy and relieves collective anxiety. Love, humiliation, and self-ruin are framed not as weaknesses, but as necessary mechanisms that prevent idolization. The poem rejects devotion, performance, and reverence, insisting instead on risk, disturbance, and standing without a shelf. This chapter belongs to a broader philosophical exploration of identity, obligation, and walking forward without permission or applause.Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 81 – Placement
Anyone who has never been made a fool in love
has never been a fool at all.
The one who loves only after thinking and calculating-
what love did he ever do?
Thinking and calculating is what a prostitute does,
and that, at least, is real.
She is real.
So am I.
In truth, there is no romance-
only risk.
Without risk, there is only performance,
like devotion
where questions are forbidden.
That is not what happened.
People believe Ram is Ram
because no greater character stands before him.
If such a character existed,
people would question him,
measure him,
and eventually upgrade Ram himself.
Until then,
they accept Ram-
and remain silent.
People do not compete in power.
They compete in placement.
Yes, the Brahmastra was godly-
but fear does not come from power.
Fear comes
when someone appears
who does not fit any shelf.
Someone like Ronie.
Neither god,
nor villain,
nor martyr,
nor teacher.
Just standing there-
and disturbing everything.
When such a person
calls himself an idiot,
spits on himself,
pulls himself down,
the crowd exhales.
“Good,”
they think.
“He is just like us.
Not greater.
Not above.”
They feel relief.
Not humor.
Not empathy.
Hierarchy restored.
That is why the line makes them laugh.
That is why they applaud.
That is why they feel safe.
And that is why being ruined in love was necessary.
Otherwise, you might have become Ram-
and no one wants to see Ram.
They only want to worship him.
I stand in the aisle, spitting on your crown-
and the temple sighs,
“Thank God-he’s just a clown.”
[…] Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 81 – Placement […]