The man stood on the end of the building, his brow glistening with sweat in the low light of dusk, his pinstriped suit ruffled and unkempt. His eyes are those of an antelope cornered by lions, fearful, and devoid of hope. He looks down, the cars rushing past below him, going about their everyday lives. He didn't have one of those anymore. Not since Linda took his kids away because he didn't have enough money to support them and his gambling addiction at the same time. Ever since his first wife had died in the traffic collision he never had enough money anymore. He weeps openly at his misfortune, not ashamed to cry anymore. What's the point of bottling up emotions if in a few hours I'm going to be a chalk line on a pavement and a statistic in some registry? He thinks, as he gazes out over the city where he has resided for nigh on 8 years. People stare up at him, probably yelling for him to not jump. He can't hear them of course, lost among his thoughts, listening only to the blood rushing through his veins. He pulls out a cigarette and lights it. Helps takes the edge off death. He exhales, smoke floating out off his mouth and drifting down to his audience below. He almost laughs. Its sad really. Before today, nobody would have known his name. To everybody else, he was just an obedient salaryman, destined to forever work the same job at the same place forever. But now he doesn't doubt the fact that many of them have looked up who he was and are spreading the news to his few relatives. He ponders this for a while, and pauses. If he were to die now, he would surely be remembered, but only for a few days. Knowing the local news, chances are they'd spell his name wrong. He chuckles at the thought. It was nice, he thought. Whats life without laughter? He smiles. He's figured it out. He can finally accept himself, and greet Death not as a hate filled husk of a man, but as a friend. He looks over the city where he has resided for nigh on 8 years. The sunset is quite beautiful tonight. And with that, his final thought, he steps off the roof, smiling even as he falls into the abyss.