Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 33 – Character

My house is built without electricity,
plumbing, or comfort.
Character is one such thing
that even if a man has no job,
even if he is reduced to
chasing houseflies Read more from here...
Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 27 – Who Would Want a Man Like Me?

Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 27 – Who Would Want a Man Like Me? I carry a heart
neither soft
nor cruel.
First: resistance to anesthesia.
Second: unchosen, yet unresentful. Read more from here...
Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 24 – From there I See You

Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 24 - From there I See You
From there, I see you.
I even ask questions,
appoint answers to them,
judge in advance.
I have spared all my faces to get noticed, Read more from here...
Philosopher

Losing every battle, one by one,
Ronie Dinosaur arrived-
scarred, stripped bare, still standing.
I no longer know where the winners went,
or whether they ever existed.
Even cattle need a shepherd. Read more from here...
Valuable – version 2

When a man strips,
only his cock appears.
When a woman strips,
everything appears:
nipples, cunt, butt,
a face scrubbed of its daily mask, Read more from here...
Over Stay – version 5

Only this can be done-
so this will be done.
Even if victory slips away,
it will still be done.
Fear demands a steeper price
than failure ever could. Read more from here...
First Day in College

No whiskey, no coffee,
Neither local liquor nor desi.
Roasted black peas and jaggery-
Ronie Dinosaur wasn’t crazy.
Away from whey, bidi, and cigarette,
I saw air-hostesses on my way to college. Read more from here...
Precious Grabage

Without fear, without regret,
from a point where there is nothing to lose,
with an open heart-they humiliated me.
From that girl in school
to a whore from the parlour,
sometimes I think I was made like a lab rat Read more from here...
