Melancholic Soul Gifts

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

Man has storm cloud umbrella.

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

Pastorius wonders why.

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

"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."

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."

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

'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.

DOUR and TROUBADOUR

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

"Perhaps a dirge would lift your spirits?"

Books: Success stories & Sob stories.

"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."

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

Items from the Fall 2018 Melancholia Catalogue.

Tears

"Fall makes him sad."

Bored couple.

Death awaits the last leaf of Autumn with a rake.

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

"I'm full of an unspeakable sadness and it goes a little something like this..."

"I like sad songs."

There's a tear in my beer.

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

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

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

Looking miserable out there today...

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