The most common
form of suicide
is committed by Everyman
done in by
neverending performance
of social niceties…





Shallow Conversations
Liberally Peppered
with WonderfulMarvelous
OhHowNice.
the distressed soul,
AllIsWelled to death
One too many
Forays into
Congeniality
and it’s a Willing Plunge
into a grave dug deep
by Platitude.

(Image: Joseph Cornell, Inkblot)