So, draw the curtains, curl up under the covers, and have a packet of Kleenex ready—these sad songs are about to take you on an emotional, sob-filled rollercoaster ride.

In her third column installment, Burtner draws on Sylvia Plath’s ‘sad girl poetry’ to understand the political madness of 2024.

She's the "Draw Me" girl, the brainchild of Art Instruction, Inc., 500 S. Fourth street, the nation's oldest and largest commercial art school and a pioneer in teaching art by mail.