Melancholic Mime Mugs

'As I feared, the X-ray shows that you are crying inside.'

Pastorius wonders why.

I've decided to shift down a few gears.'

"I've got those 'Don't worry about me, I'll just be here, all alone' blues."

"The artist-in-residence is struggling a bit, but other than that we're fine."

"Events seem to be headed in the right direction. Unfortunately, it's not taking me with it."

The Bar & Grill of Ordinary Men: Quiet Desperation 11 am - closing (Karaoke on Saturday)

"These brisk fall afternoons remind me of Chekhov, which reminds me of Putin, then Trump, the alt-right, facism, nuclear weapons ... let's go home."

Lord Byron

"In closing, I'd just like to say you've been a great crowd, folks. Don't forget to tip your waitress, and I hope this final number breaks your heart the way show business broke mine."

'I hate my life.

'Dreams of how it might have been.'

"Half-full. Those were the days."

A depressed artist imagines a drawing, but it turns black.

Trilby - 'Malbrouck s'en va-t'en guerre'.

"Woke up this mornin', Found myself trapped in the Blues genre..."

DOUR and TROUBADOUR

Books: Success stories & Sob stories.

"I asked Bill to accompany this presentation with something in a haunting minor key."

"I never got a chance to say 'Shut up.' "

'I think our marriage would make a great country song.'

Man has storm cloud umbrella.

Just go ahead and draw - I can't hit the broad side of a barn lately. Naw, I ain't really in the mood today. Low Noon.

Bored couple.

Items from the Fall 2018 Melancholia Catalogue.

"Fall makes him sad."

Death awaits the last leaf of Autumn with a rake.

Where the boulevard of broken dreams crosses the avenue of broken appliances...

'Boy...usually it just gently weeps.'

Tailpiece to E Dowson's 'The Pierrot of the Minute'

"I like sad songs."

Philip Larkin.

"I'd like to dedicate my next song to that delightful little table in the corner."

Looking miserable out there today...

"This drink? It's called loneliness. Care to join me?"