Answer Me This

—A; —42; —3 hours; —the blue one; —true; —false

We are assured the correct answers will get us through life
relatively unscathed.

But where is that third-grade teacher
when the doctor says it’s cancer?

Is “A” really the right response when your son asks,
“How do I get through this?”

And would your Romantic Lit. professor give more than
rhyme scheme analysis if you came to him with:

“My husband has found another
And I can’t go live with my mother.
I don’t know what to do.
Who will help me? Who?”