SCENE ONE
{JULIANNA, KAFKA, MELVILLE, ROSSETTI}

JULIANNA
It’s that time again, please cast your votes.
Cast out the weakest and I’ll cut their throats!

ROSSETTI
He drives me insane. He drives me mad. So
Mr. Charles Baudelaire must now go.
It’s a shame we never got the chance to
properly fight… Oh, Charles dear, adieu…

MELVILLE
Christina wants Charles gone, so she said.
How would she react if he stayed? With dread,
Or is there something that she is hiding?
I’ve spoken with Franz. We’re both deciding
To uncover the relationship those
Two have made. Attraction? We can suppose.
Sorry, Moliere. Your curtain has come down.
Goodbye, you hilarious, fine French clown.

KAFKA
How quiet the House would be with him gone,
But there are questions I want to act on.
Keeping those two here may bring me closer
To the truth. Even if it is grosser.
To that end, I cast my vote for Moliere.

JULIANNA
“Something something something something with -ere.”