As wild dogs

Where are we as civilized beings?

Is it possible that within the framework of our civilization, we have protected the wild pack, the mob which rules when any hint of chaos lays low over the ground as a fog?

Cities erupt into insanity when chaos approaches. People begin looting and taking anything they can get hold of, even if they take it out of someone else's hands. Even if they have to shoot or stab someone with no defenses to get it.

Is that what the zombies really are? Not soul-less monsters craving human flesh but empty hearts and minds. Caring only for themselves and those things they can take.

Are the small scenes of theft and murder we witness every day simply reminders that we are only moments away from that savage dog eat dog world of basic survival. Where true ownership starts at the barrel of a gun, and often ends there as well.

Is civilization only a ruse, a dream, a great hoax we play on ourselves. Is it our grand pretension that we desperately hold on to. Hoping that if we believe in civilization and rules of honor, that others will as well and peace will continue.

Are terrorists and mafia hit men and riotous looters really what lies close at hand underneath our thin masks of civility?