The loudest voices,
the biggest lungs
bellowing,
screaming
begging to be heard.
but "All I hear is silence."
This is the opera of our times
the American way and MTV.
A minority opera not worthy
never worthy of being heard
by those mainstream bigwigs
and their chattering entourage.
Who talks about nothing?
We struggle to be heard
over a mass voice that
spews out repetitive rubbish
while we try to share
our artistic visions.
Crying out to be heard,
to distance ourselves from
what is "popular culture today"?
don't question us as we
question authority
and the final number draws to a close.
As the "fat lady"