Understanding the audience,
The golden calf fatted descends down
A golden escalator
[ Orange as the sun ]
And nationalists
And fascists floorshow in boots
In the glow of the beast,
A primal hate thought to be tamed .
Focused .   Named .
Inevitable :   the brute turns .

The flambeau infernos .

Panicked worshippers flee
With question–mark gestures,
Accepting no blame .
With gnashing of teeth,
Many start bawling,
Imagining the mauling
By the bovine
Falling down,
Coming up .