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 147 – Fifty Mississippis, The Morning Hug

Title – Fifty Mississippis, The Morning Hug I came and saw you in the morning,
and without a word, I was in your arms-
without me knowing or asking, “How are you?”
Your arms were around me.
I thought maybe it was just a gesture, Read more from here...
Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 92 – Hunger and Poverty

Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 92 – Hunger and Poverty The point is—
a man must eat when it is served.
Yet I carry this blame: I did not eat,
though the world knew my hunger—
those who fed me, Read more from here...
The Birthday Cake

Title - The Birthday Cake Part I - The Crime of Questioning Like a criminal wiping fingerprints from the scene,
if you are still asking yourself
was it right or wrong,
was it a mistake, Read more from here...
Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 91 – The Unpermitted Path

Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 91 - The Unpermitted Path It calls me-soft, relentless, from the edge-
but I am not allowed to go.
Life never granted that release.
Now the verdict shifts:
I am allowed to go, 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...
Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 89 – My Body is an Envelope

Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 89 – My Body is an Envelope They emptied my heart-
looted every last coin of light.
What remains to give?
How does one love
from a flask shattered beyond repair? Read more from here...
Four Falls Philosophy

Title - Four Falls Philosophy That girl-my love at first sight-
I watched her walk away that final day,
no fight, no plea, just silence in the light.
The first fall came when school was done:
no top college seat I’d won. Read more from here...
Teenage Crush

Title - Teenage Crush Today it returned again-
a heavy scoop from those years,
my first amateur crush.
Love at first sight,
third day of school. Read more from here...
Call Girl

Title - Call Girl I’m a call girl
in a cheap, dirty world.
Not a butcher’s-shop red meat,
served like a hot-pink birthday treat.
I shower after every time I make noise. Read more from here...
