THE SINGULAR TRAGEDY OF TRAVIS ALEXANDER

He was very witty, a talent most gallant.

He made you laugh and feel important.

Especially the women

he chivalrously courted.

He could give a talk 

like the most brilliant of speakers,

could spout homilies like a learned sage.

Was destined to be the raconteur of our age.

But that one night in June

when the laughter died down

when the silence roared too profound

the surreal became the only game in town.