The burning of Rome.
The Gunpowder Plot.
The Reichstag conflagration.
Government fires don't happen a lot,
but when they do, then what you've got
is a chance to advance on circumstance,
laying blame for the blazes
on entities decreed enemies,
evil plot weavers -- along with some crazies --
who must be uncovered.
"DESTROY THE MOTHERS!"
Heroes and patriots will always be willing
to join maddened mobs and precipitate killing
whichever peasants, workers, or yeomen
are pointed out as possible foemen.
Though their logic be faulty,
they are prepared to assault the
usual suspects until they are "halted".
This, history shows, is the human default.
The crisis approaches! This is no joke.
Are we on fire? I think I smell smoke.
