Erik the Melancholy

King of Dementia

She was still muttering, rummaging through the remainders of her last hallucination when I hollered "BINGO!" to the crowd of 25 or so, and she stopped to admonish me for being so brash. "Some people here take this game very seriously you know" she whispered, chuckling as she looked nervously about the room. "Whoops, my mistake" I told the number caller while I flushed to the bone. I'd made the mistake intentionally, but there was no reason not to add some dramatic color to my ruse. "You're right mom" I admitted; "Let's let the crazy people win. It'll make them feel better." She laughed and looked me square in the eye. "BINGO" she shouted, and then leaned toward me to whisper "yes let's". With a wink and a smile she collected her prize and settled in for a night of heavy competition, aware that her skeleton had been sprung from its heavily guarded closet at last. I despise bingo. I loved my mother. It was a fair trade. The term "The art of compromise" is a fallacy. It's a science.

Asylum Road

This is very long, about 35 minutes, and worth your time only if you’re interested in the human condition.

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11 comments to Asylum Road

Rachel Green

October 26, 2009 at 5:10 am · Reply

What a beautiful piece, Ron. Thank you.
- Ron Runeborg
  
  October 26, 2009 at 1:31 pm · Reply
  
  Thanks lass, I am flattered.
Stephanie

October 26, 2009 at 6:57 am · Reply

I can easily see why you chose this, Ron. Beautiful, as Rachel said.
- Ron Runeborg
  
  October 26, 2009 at 1:32 pm · Reply
  
  Thanks dearheart
Ayoub

October 26, 2009 at 10:16 am · Reply

Beautiful, as the lovely ladies have already said…

Thank you for sharing this.
- Ron Runeborg
  
  October 26, 2009 at 1:32 pm · Reply
  
  Thank you sir, I appreciate your willingness to spend a half hour with me:)
- Ron Runeborg
  
  October 26, 2009 at 1:33 pm · Reply
  
  Or at least with my disembodied voice lol.
Prose

October 26, 2009 at 5:06 pm · Reply

This is awesome ron!!!
ccupguy

October 28, 2009 at 1:32 pm · Reply

I’ll have to download it because it stops playing after about 30 minutes. Quite a moving story though (so far). Anyway, almost done downloading, let me finish listening to it.

Kurt
allotmenteer

July 10, 2010 at 4:10 pm · Reply

you have a fantastic voice. the row between your parents and your discomfort is so vividly portrayed. In England they had and prob still have mixed wards in mental hospitals and my Ma would often have a guy flashing his arse at her. It can bounce on ones reality when you are close to someone mentally ill.
- Ron Runeborg
  
  July 11, 2010 at 10:16 pm · Reply
  
  Thanks so much. The hospital was “co-ed”, but the sleeping rooms were segregated. There were men that spooked me too lol. Thanks again for listening.