Yeah, this was good. Unfortunately, what you described did sound familiar to me when I read it. People lying and cheating to get ahead. People getting depressed and killing themselves. Shit sucks. You wrote it well, though.

"Blackness fell upon this tiny town
crushed its little bones,
and every morning the bright son does rise
yet its heart remains stone cold."

^Was my favorite part. Don't know why. Nice post.