Amuse-bouche

What was described as a tasteful  dinner
Was really designed as a theatre  obscura
Overlapping single vignettes of life magnificent
Through the eyes of an unwilling participant

Absence of meaning and context
That didn't stop at the door
An ambiguous number marked the portal
In the guise of a home of just another mortal

The anonymity of the building calls attention
To all the buzz about the place
All the apparent solidarity premised
Intrigued or I would be remiss

The guests move from amuse-bouche to dessert in
A synchronous ballet of gorging and self-contradiction
A bunch filled with hate, fear and self-righteousness
Kindness,guilt and selfishness

In other words, they are human beings
Multiply their traits by a billion
And you have a made to order
Recipe for world disorder

Amuse-bouche means to amuse the mouth
But bouche designates that of a human
This noir tale retitled, Amuse-gueule, for the banter
Was recollected from the mouths of canine ranters

Kendall Oliphant 2010