It is not the lesser crime.

It is the master crime, the one all the others hang from.

A man can fight a forged deed; he stands up in court, points to the date, points to his living self, and the lie falls apart.

But a declaration that a man’s mind is going is a lie that poisons his ability to fight any other lie.

Once there is a medical letter on file saying I was confused, every objection I raised could be filed under confusion.

My insistence that I never signed the deed becomes another symptom.