The audience reacts in certain ways:
Shoot them with a gun, they scream
after it is done; shoot them with two
in the same scene, ten percent will

quietly curse, often you. The third
time the bullet rises to the chamber,
they watch. At this point, we leave
the actor to decide the twist in plot.

Some like messages to change
direction; “Kill everyone.”
Some prefer the finer cleft
of differentiation. On my braver

days, I might tell you to turn it
upon yourself. Today I won't.