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Q & A

Rachel Doherty

    In high school my journalism teacher instructed me to always rely on the five W’s and the H to get the answers I needed. Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How.
    You and I dated briefly and remained friends after. Perhaps our friendship was superficial. A lot of ribbing and teasing and trips to the cinema and the diner. But I never doubted that we cared about one another.
    In college professors told me journalists must be objective to uncover the truth. We must verify our sources. Don’t take sides. Just report.
    We hit the college bars, and we had some good times. But you could be a mean drunk sometimes. Self-destructive.
    In grad school Dr. So and So told me there’s no such thing as objectivity. The powers that be create the frame of reference and control the flow of information.
    We became adults. We married other people. Moved to other states. Had other peoples’ kids. Lost touch with each other.
    At work the boss told me to stop asking questions. Just follow the manual. Don’t violate the code of conduct.
    We got divorces in the same year. Needed friendship. Nostalgic for simpler times, we reconnected, commiserated. Met other people.
    Lost touch again.
    On social media a post tells me you died suddenly yesterday leaving behind three kids.
    Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?
    No one can tell me anything now. There are no answers that compute.
    The big questions loom. Who am I? What happened to my friend? When am I going to stop wasting my time? Where did the years go? Why didn’t I reach out sooner? How can I take meaning from his death?
    Maybe it’s not the answers, but the questions that really matter.



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