La Grande Misère

It's a great misery, terrible tragedy. Can you feel it? It's like there's a great weight pressing down on your chest, making it hard to breathe. It's like the pain of a thousand knives slicing through your flesh. It's like being consumed by an all-consuming fire. It's like being trapped in a nightmare from which you can never wake up. It's like being trapped in a prison of your own making, where the only way out is through death.