Melancholy Poet Pillows

'Dreams of how it might have been.'

"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."

"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.

"Half-full. Those were the days."

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

"Perhaps a dirge would lift your spirits?"

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

Books: Success stories & Sob stories.

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

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

Items from the Fall 2018 Melancholia Catalogue.

"Fall makes him sad."

Tears

Bored couple.

Picasso's Blues Period

Sad Songs.

"I like sad songs."

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

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

There's a tear in my beer.

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

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

'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?"

'We thought it fit his rather plaintive personality.'

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

Playing Sad Songs on the Piano.