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Gen-Z’s Best-Friend Game

Posted 3 months ago under DINOSAUR, Philosophy, Psychology Tagged: abstract reflection, attachment theory, authenticity, behavioral patterns, boundaries and desire, character and integrity, contemporary poetry, emotional complexity, emotional contradiction, emotional honesty, emotional restraint, emotional tension, existential themes, fragile bonds, free-verse, friendship dynamics, Gen-Z, gender dynamics, hidden desire, human behavior, Human Connection, Human nature, identity and self, inner conflict, interpersonal conflict, intimacy without romance, love versus friendship, modern isolation, modern love critique, modern relationships, moral tension, non-romantic intimacy, observational writing, philosophical poetry, platonic love, poetic philosophy, psychological conflict, quiet alliances, realism in poetry, relational ambiguity, relational ethics, relationship boundaries, silent attraction, social observation, social patterns, societal norms, tension and collapse, unrequited desire, vulnerability, youth culture.

Gen-Z’s Best-Friend Game They call it “best friend,”
or “we are just friends.”
The game begins only
when neither has a partner.
They live outside old divisions- Read more from here...

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College Canteen

Posted 5 months ago under DINOSAUR, Philosophy, Psychology Tagged: acoustic, acoustic guitar, alternative, angst, bridge, campus life, college canteen, Confessional, contemplative, emotional honesty, emotional restraint, empty chair, everyday life, first person, grounded, Heartbreak, human condition, indie, intimate performance, Introspection, introspective, lonely, low-fi, melancholy, minimalism, modern folk, muted chorus, narrative song, Observation, personal reflection, pre-chorus, private world, quiet defiance, raw imagery, raw vocals, real-life, realism, realism in music, relatable, resilience, self-awareness, slow song, solitude, standing upright, storytelling, stripped-down, struggle, subtle rebellion, truth, unfiltered emotion, unrequited-love, vocal delivery, youth.

College Canteen Verse 1 I thought if I stood up straight, man,
this whole damn canteen would notice-
walls would chill a little,
chairs would slide closer, Read more from here...

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Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 143 – Character is Not Respect

Posted 5 months ago under DINOSAUR, Philosophy, Psychology Tagged: Alienation, authenticity, character, character testing, cynicism, Defiance, desire, emotional honesty, emotional intelligence, ethical reflection, Ethics, Existential Integrity, existential struggle, Existentialism, hope, human behavior, human condition, Human nature, identity, independence, inner fire, inner strength, Integrity, internal validation, Introspection, life lessons, life trials, mental fortitude, mental-resilience, metaphysical, moral philosophy, morality, personal accountability, personal growth, personal philosophy, personal strength, philosophical poetry, poetic reflection, psychology, rebellion, respect, Ronie Dinosaur, Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 143, Self-determination, self-discipline, Self-mastery, self-respect, self-worth, Social commentary, social critique, societal norms, stoicism, survival.

Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 143 – Character is Not Respect Character has nothing to do with external validation-
with the socially rewarded currency called respect.
It looks at your respect and says only one thing:
fuck off.
That is all it ever has to say. Read more from here...

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I Look Like You — 20 Jan 2005

Posted 5 months ago under DINOSAUR, Philosophy, Psychology Tagged: 2005 poem, adolescent identity, autobiographical poem, decay and memory, early authorship, early heartbreak, emotional dependency, emotional honesty, emotional minimalism, emotional mirror, emotional mirroring, existential youth, fear retention, first love residue, fragile hope, ghost self, identity fracture, inner collapse, inner dialogue, internal critic, inward gaze, loneliness voice, longing presence, loss illusion, love projection, memory artifact, mirror imagery, non-performative art, personal archive, personal mythology, poetic fragment, private writing, psychological reflection, raw-poetry, self-alienation, self-criticism, self-erasure, self-growth anxiety, self-recognition failure, silent grief, teenage introspection, time capsule poem, unfinished self, unrequited-love, unsent confession, yellowed pages, youth despair.

I Look Like You — 20 Jan 2005 Did I know?
I am a ghost,
hiding a mirror in which
I can’t see myself.
Yet there is hope-an illusion: Read more from here...

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No Such Girl Though — 10 December 2005

Posted 5 months ago under DINOSAUR, Philosophy, Psychology Tagged: 2005 diary, abandonment fear, adolescent trauma, artistic documentation, autobiographical poem, coming of age pain, creative survival, early authorship, early identity crisis, early poetry, emotional endurance, emotional honesty, emotional isolation, emotional residue, existential numbness, first love wound, first rejection, handwritten lyrics, inner child voice, innocence lost, lived-experience, loneliness imagery, love refusal, memory artifact, mental exhaustion, noncommercial art, obsessive repetition, personal archive, personal mythology, poetic artifact, private grief, psychological looping, raw songwriting, raw-confession, rejected confession, rejection memory, self-talk poetry, solitude themes, teenage heartbreak, time and decay, time capsule writing, trauma imprint, unpolished writing, unrequited-love, unsent song, vulnerability in art, yellowed pages, youth despair.

No Such Girl Though — 10 December 2005 From green and blue to stars in black,
I just can’t contact—
my shout can’t catch—
I am bound to react.
If she hates me, then it’s okay, because she does. Read more from here...

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Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 121 – 103 Degrees Low

Posted 5 months ago under DINOSAUR, Philosophy, Psychology Tagged: burning calm, controlled fury, dark romance, dignity, emotional control, emotional honesty, emotional precision, emotional survival, emotional temperature, endurance, Heartbreak, hidden turmoil, inner fire, inner flame, inner war, internal-conflict, iron will, Isolation, lyrical storytelling, masculinity, mental battle, personal myth, poetic intensity, poetic metaphor, poetic noir, Pride, private hell, psychological heat, quiet rage, rejection, rejection pain, rejection trauma, resilience, restraint, self-discipline, self-respect, silent suffering, solitude, solitude path, stoicism, strength, suppressed anger, unresolved feelings, vulnerability, walking away.

Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 121 - 103 Degrees Low Verse 1 Feeling doesn’t make it real-
only knowing does.
I burned inside; you never felt
the fire I carried just because. Read more from here...

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Hymn to Ronie Dinosaur

Posted 5 months ago under DINOSAUR, Mythopoetic, Philosophy, Psychology Tagged: abandonment, anti-hero, authenticity, bare life, depression, discipline, emotional honesty, endurance, existential, Existentialism, human condition, human witness, Hymn, identity, indie folk, inner strength, Integrity, Isolation, lived-experience, loneliness, loss, meaning, middle age, no romance, no salvation, perseverance, quiet defiance, realism, realism poetry, recovery, rehab, rejection, resilience, Ronie Dinosaur, sobriety, solitude, spoken word, stoicism, stripped hope, suffering, survival, testimony, truth, Walking, walking forward, witness.

Hymn to Ronie Dinosaur Verse 1 In a life monstrous, vast, and cruel beyond measure,
I’ve climbed Himalayan heights, plunged to trench’s dark treasure.
Wrong place, wrong time-life’s brutal lesson taught,
Power, money, status fade; innocence dearly bought. Read more from here...

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Teenage Crush

Posted 5 months ago under DINOSAUR, Philosophy, Psychology Tagged: acceptance, adolescent-psychology, awkwardness, bittersweet, class-dynamics, coming-of-age, confusion, desire, emotional clarity, emotional honesty, emotional-literacy, everyday-moments, first-love, grounded-voice, human-fallibility, humiliation-without-drama, identity formation, Innocence, irony, lived-experience, longing, lost-time, masculinity, memory-as-wound, memory-fragments, nostalgia, observational poetry, past-self, personal-history, quiet-pain, realism, realism-over-romance, reflection, rejection, restraint, school-life, self-awareness, shyness, sincerity, social-pressure, teenage-memory, tenderness, understated-tragedy, unrequited-love, unsentimental-love, vulnerability, youthful-ego.

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...

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Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 85 – The Snakes Are Awake

Posted 6 months ago under DINOSAUR, Philosophy, Psychology Tagged: Absence, aesthetic rigor, AI, Alienation, artificial intelligence, Chapter 85, cognitive dissonance, confession, contemporary poetry, cultural-critique, Detachment, digital judgment, emotional honesty, emotional intensity, erotic economy, Existentialism, human condition, human desire, hyper-awareness, hyperrealism, Introspection, jungle metaphor, literary realism, loneliness, longing, male perspective, masculinity, mirror, misogyny, modern despair, mortality, narrative poem, nihilism, philosophical poetry, poverty, Psychological realism, raw truth, Ronie Dinosaur, Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 85, self-reflection, Selfhood, shame, snakes, social alienation, social critique, social hierarchy, societal expectation, suffering, symbolic imagery, The Snakes Are Awake, transactional relationships, urban isolation, vulnerability, witness.

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...

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Unscripted Connection

Posted 6 months ago under DINOSAUR, Philosophy, Psychology Tagged: Agency, Alienation, anti-identity, anti-performance, anti-sentimentality, authenticity, Autonomy, character ethics, connection, cultural criticism, dignity, emotional honesty, ethical solitude, existential ethics, existential poetry, femininity critique, gender critique, human condition, human equality, individual conscience, inner freedom, inner steel, Integrity, inwardness, masculinity critique, modern stoicism, moral courage, moral philosophy, moral weight, nonconformity, philosophical poetry, post-identity thought, post-romanticism, power dynamics, Psychological realism, quiet defiance, raw-voice, Refusal, refusal of roles, Resistance, Selfhood, sincerity, social conditioning, social masks, social scripts, truth seeking, uncompromising voice, unlearning, Unscripted, unscripted self.

Title - Unscripted Connection Sweetheart-my softy, my doll-
there is a difference.
Show me the “woman”
in your heart,
and I turn away- Read more from here...

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