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Social Skills

You can't blame Herve Villechaize,
  for killing himself
His life was worse than mine.
But who is comparing pain,
or the lack of something called being sane 
or fitting in or being a team player 
or a good old sport.

Being short on social skills,
  now that  
  is killing 
  me.