the curtain opens on a scene of rioting:
a citadel besieged & smeared
wheeled & winged projectiles & bombs crashing
howlings of fear & envy & rage
killing as performance art
self-murder as mass-murder
fragging, friendly fire, own goal, self harm
violent words bear bitter fruit
as the irate ignored arise
to strike at the towers of power
a marionette strings up its puppeteer
a dummy chokes its ventriloquist
the masses massacre their masters
look out! vultures cirling!