​​I believe I will go back to Nashville and throw myself into the Cumberland River.

I have been betrayed.

Who will miss me?

My mother, my dog, and the proprietor of the A&P where I buy my cigarettes.

They will all be sad for a little while, but then they will get over it.

My dog will get over it the quickest.

He has a very short memory.

My mother will get over it faster than the proprietor of the A&P, because she has two other sons and they are both doctors and they still live near her.

The proprietor of the A&P will get over it the slowest because I am his best customer and he will have to train someone else to operate the cash register.

I will be missed but the world will go on turning.

Dolly Parton will go on singing.

She will sing, “I will always love you,” and the words will be meaningless to her.

They will be as empty as a desert wind.

She will sing, “Lighting up my life,” and the words will be meaningless to her