The curtain closes and a few sounds are heard as the scenery is changed.
Hail to the Chief is playing. The curtain opens as the lights gradually brighten. Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, and Rice are seated at a table. Karl Rove is using his laser pointer to show them where the next terrorist plot will be thwarted.
"What about a port?"
"No, a bridge."
"Quiet," says Rove. "We're going to really scare the hell out of them with this one. A small-town elementary school or shopping center. Not a big city."
"Brilliant, Karl," says Cheney. "The 'security moms' will never stray."
And they all nod and smile as the curtain closes again.
I have a recurring nightmare.
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