Cleave the Sparrow

by Jonathan Katz

We’ve evolved to see what we need to see to survive, nothing more. This is scientifically proven, you understand. Everything you perceive—it’s as Plato said, a bunch of shadows projected on a cave wall. So, what I’d like to do, you see, is take all our federal money, and use it to finally, finally blow up that fucking cave. Some murmurs of confusion from the audience.