Manslaughter

because Danny didn’t drink on duty. He seemed content to play Mario Kart on his Nintendo DS, or to simply sit at the bar and watch Kennedy work. On the other hand, lots of men would be nervous about working with Kennedy since she’d served time for manslaughter. Some women would be, too. But I had no problem with her. I was glad Sam had stepped up for her. It’s not that I approve of murder— but some people just beg to be killed, don’t they? After all I’d been through, I was forced to simply admit to myself

authorities denied the truth, they said it was just a drop. The narrator denounces the hypocrisy of the authorities / big companies who knew the water supply had been contaminated, that it was a mass poisoning. The narrator accuses them of lying, of manslaughter. He wants to report a crime. He asks them to acknowledge the truth. They kept people uninformed, and did it on purpose. ➼ STANZAS 6, 7 AND 8 6. 7. “in a week” (l. 23) • “the week is over” (l. 24) • “it’s grown into years” (l. 25) Promise