Melancholy Dreamer Gifts

"So, are you here alone?"

"And so it begins."

"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."

"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."

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.'

"Half-full. Those were the days."

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

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

"Perhaps a dirge would lift your spirits?"

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

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

Books: Success stories & Sob stories.

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

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

Floating away

Tears

Picasso's Blues Period

Man has storm cloud umbrella.

"Fall makes him sad."

Bored couple.

Items from the Fall 2018 Melancholia Catalogue.

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

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

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

"I like sad songs."

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

Sad Songs.

There's a tear in my beer.

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