My suicide note has been accepted for publication in Esquire . I fail to mention the Paxil, taken orally on a daily regimen. My agent suggests that I add more action to the basic plot. Maybe the brutal decapitation of a loved one, for a murder-suicide spin. And a drug habit.
Drug habits are very popular, among rising stars.
I refuse to be sacrificed on the altar of celebrity , I decide to add to my suicide note. An overnight FedEx arrives from my editor at Esquire . I sign for my suicide note, and rip open the package. I look at the first page. It is spattered in red, angry slashes cutting into the text, hurtful admonitions scrawled into the margins.