sad puppy

All relationships are doomed to an end. Knowing our broken world, it's inevitable that things will eventually crumble - whether in life or death. And when that time comes, do you keep marching with stoicism? Do you wear bright colors? Do you fight for the right? Or do you let your mascara drip? Do you sing James Taylor songs? Do you accept the inevitable with a sigh?

What do you do when you're really, really sad?

W. H. Auden:
Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,
Silence the pianos and with muffled drum
Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.

Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead
Scribbling on the sky the message He Is Dead,
Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves,
Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves.

He was my North, my South, my East and West,
My working week and my Sunday rest,
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;
I thought that love would last for ever: I was wrong.

The stars are not wanted now: put out every one;
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun;
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood.
For nothing now can ever come to any good.