Melancholy Dreamers Pillows

Tears

"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

Neil Young

"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."

"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.

"Half-full. Those were the days."

'Dreams of how it might have been.'

DOUR and TROUBADOUR

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?"

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.' "

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

Man has storm cloud umbrella.

Picasso's Blues Period

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.

Floating away

Items from the Fall 2018 Melancholia Catalogue.

"Fall makes him sad."

Bored couple.

Death awaits the last leaf of Autumn with a rake.

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

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

There's a tear in my beer.

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

"I like sad songs."

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

Sad Songs.