Memoirs

Rationalize

                                           rationalize

You're obviously a liar.
[You mean it's really true?]                                                  
Dad has so much life.
[My dad's life is drained?]                                        
He can't be dead.
[He's gone for good?]                                                  
How, anyway?          
[In such a horrible way.]                                        
Killed, you say?                                                  
[My daddy has been shot.]
What are you talking about?                              
[I hate the truth.]
You must have the wrong man.                              
[There is no mistake.]
Dad's far too careful for that.                              
[What happened, dad?]
So unlike him.                                                  
[Why weren't you careful?]
I could laugh right now.                                        
[I want to die.]
But I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings.          
[We're all in this together now.]
You all believed this garbage?                              
[I can hardly believe it.]
You're all denser than I thought.                              
[How can you just sit there?]
Dad?  Killed?                                                  
[No!  No!]
Not likely.                                                            
[Reality.]