fuck. I keep making jokes. what else can I do.

but doctor I *am* pagliacci

That layer of ironic detachment is looking kinda thin out there, if you skate on it you might end up in the bottomless well of grief and anger kids

see that line would have worked better if I'd said "bottomless lake," driving home the iced-over lake metaphor, and "kids" should have gone right after "out there."