There's also faithless electors and gerrymandering. And losing car keys through sewer grates. Phones too. Oh and human rights and friends as well. Flushed away like dreams of grandeur and pretense of grace after a hearty night out.

There's rejection too, that feeling when what you think or hope the other person feels comes crashing into the hard wall of reality, they felt nothing like it, you were misled by your own instincts, or another for reasons you'll never know. You'll never understand this 'another'. The distance between souls is one you will never cross, and betrayal is always at hand.

Oh the humanity! Is there anything other than misery?

But in the end, there are a few moments that make it all worthwhile.