The Pessimist's Questions
Why did this happen?
Why did I have to be right?
Why couldn't she listen?
How can I be happy that she's ok when Donna was hurt?
Why do people think that Andi's less important to me than Donna is to Josh?
Is she?
What about the kids?
What happens to them if something happens to Andi?
Would I even get a call?
Would I know what to do?
Could I raise them?
Do I want to?
What about my job?
What about the speech?
What am I going to write?
What can I write?
What is there to write?
What are we going to do?
Do we react?
What is the proper course of action?
If we take it, will be enough?
Will we affect change?
And does it even matter?
How much blood shed does there have to be?
How much longer can we do this?
Haven't we talked about this before?
The whys and the hows with the Presidential classroom?
When was that?
Was it during some long ago lockdown?
Do they understand any more than we do?
Anymore than before that day?
Why does anyone have to understand?
Why do they have to use violence?
Why did one of ours have to be hurt?
Why her and not Andi?
Why anyone?
Why didn't Andi listen to the warnings?
Why didn't she prevent this by not going?
Why didn't I by taking a harder stance?
Why the hell haven't we heard more about any of it?
What the hell...?
Did that guy just ask about Minnesota and Canada?