Untitled (suicide poem)

They say
that writers
have the highest chance
of killing themselves
out of all
the different types
of artists.

Painters,
photographers,
actors,
dancers,
musicians,
sculptors,
filmmakers,
lithographers.
Writers have a greater chance
of killing themselves
than any of these people.

My friends will
bring this up
over our twelfth round
of drinks
at our favorite bar
and they'll giggle
and make
snotty little bitter jokes
about it

And I
always want to say

"Hey, you know,
that's not very funny"

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