ABOUT THE POEM: Report is a visceral, minimalist existential poem that examines human behavior and self-processing under extreme emotional and philosophical conditions. It opens with a sharp observation of instinctual reactions—barking for comfort, biting for control, hissing for concealment—setting up a contrast between ordinary human responses and the speaker’s radical autonomy. Ronie Dinosaur, the speaker, walks onward not in pursuit of peace, but in alignment with clarity that requires no external validation. The poem then explores grief as a cannibalizing force: it devours the self, but the speaker goes further, consuming both his grief and himself while still alive, emphasizing a total, conscious confrontation with existence. The final stanza encapsulates existential self-liberation: all experience and personal identity are expelled, leaving the speaker stripped, unmediated, and unburdened by illusions of peace or permanence. The poem functions as a field report of radical honesty, rejecting comfort, morality, or metaphysical consolation, highlighting survival through awareness rather than resolution. This is not just dark poetry—it is a philosophical exercise in non-attachment and radical witnessing.