APHORISM VII

What the mind believes is more important than what actually is.

MURDER AT THE JUNIOR CLUB

creak -- creak -- creak
more creaking noises
twigs
leaves
a branch with more twigs and leaves still attached
a trunk in chunks
the reddish-brown sap still sticky moist
youth slain lying on the ground

DAMN!

I must be the new Emily Dickinson.

APHORISM VI

So much time spent being young makes it quite difficult to act mature.