Punishment

I returned home without a degree.
Detained for attendance shortages—the rules were never clearly explained.
I lost my best friend to another lecture hall,
and my obligation to become an engineer to another timeline.
Earlier still, I lost my worth as the studious boy
when a schoolgirl rejected me for someone “different.” Read more from here...
Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 93 – What a Wonderful World

Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 93 - What a Wonderful World My mother died two and a half years ago.
My father just suffered a heart attack.
At thirty-seven, single, I felt utterly unable to cope.
When I headed to the brothel, I knew exactly where I was going.
I kept telling myself: They don't give love; they sell what you pay for-and that's all you'll get. Read more from here...
Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 90 – Unwelcomed

Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 90 – Unwelcomed The museum burned centuries ago.
No plaque bears the name.
Yet the skeleton reassembles itself
from the dust of a thousand refusals,
stepping into a dawn Read more from here...
Guy Next Door

Guy Next Door I was the guy next door-
simple, quiet, a little bright,
wanting to fall in love,
a girl to adore.
I went out for a test drive Read more from here...
Music

Title - Music A fortune-real money too-
band drama, studio fights:
that’s what a first album once demanded.
Now it takes five minutes flat.
I already have my pretty little baby Read more from here...
Tradition

Title - Tradition I crave to break
these moral chains-
manipulative tradition’s reins.
Gentleness twisted Read more from here...
Fruitless

Title - Fruitless They’re working on that research.
Please.
Don’t be brave.
Don’t be broken.
I want no one. Read more from here...
Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 86 – Permanently Done

Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 86 - Permanently Done They’re working on that research.
Oh please.
Don’t be brave.
Don’t be broken.
I want no one. Read more from here...
Fragments by Ronie Dinosaur

Fragments — Ronie Dinosaur Someone said it’s better
to be laughed at a thousand times
than to lose your soul.
Mine disintegrated decades ago.
The mind went one way, Read more from here...
Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 85 – The Snakes Are Awake

Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 85 - The Snakes Are Awake Awake-
snakes awake.
Job theirs:
coiled in jungle dark,
hidden behind girl-ears, Read more from here...
