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A Winter's Day by Mary Lou Fleckner

Pastorius wonders why.

"I got those famous last words you wanted"

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

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

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

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

Lord Byron

"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."

'I hate my life.

'Dreams of how it might have been.'

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

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

That Pesky 'Why' Chromosome.

"Perhaps a dirge would lift your spirits?"

"Our flavors of the day are Prodigal, Importune, and Mal de Siècle."

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

Books: Success stories & Sob stories.

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

Items from the Fall 2018 Melancholia Catalogue.

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

There's a tear in my beer.

"I like sad songs."

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

Philip Larkin.

Brenda Sanchez undergoes her daily moment of ‘Woe Is me.'

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

"Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night, panicked, wondering if I'm crawling in the wrong direction."

Looking miserable out there today...

Sleep!

'Your work is so bleak, so despairing, your angst so wrenching. I've never read a party invitation quite like it before.'

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

"The pit of despair. That's new, isn't it?"

"I've had an unlucky life, my first wife died and my second wife wont"

"I'm not sad, just a little melon collie."