How Do You Do It?

Apparently, X went out into the state forest and hanged himself from a tree. It's a boy's method, hey? He was found two days later. Imagine, the body just hanging there still and alone, turning blue, going stiff. A silent sentinel to trouble gone, or breath extinguished.

Day, night, day, night, his neck twists on the rope, as his skin drains of colour, as his eyes stare unblinking.

If a body hangs quietly in the forest and nobody sees it, does it really hang at all?

But, of course, someone did see it. Can you imagine being that person? I can't, I hope I never can.