WHO FELL
—captions from the David Bowie movie
[siren wailing in distance][indistinct][sobbing]
[man on TV][Man] Run
[TV audio overlapping][bird
wings flapping][radio static][alarm ringing]
[knocking] [knocking on door][sobbing]
Get out, now
[whimpering][grunts]
[sniffles] [clock ticking]
[overlapping chatter] [crying][cheering]
[overlapping reporters speaking][yelling][yelling
indistinctly] [phone ringing][grunting][phone
continues ringing][grunting][radio
broadcasting baseball game]
[ringing]
[screaming] [exhaling deeply]
[heartbeat][door opening][exhaling deeply]
[rock music in background][groaning]
[train whistle][grunting][faint ticking][sighing]
[laughing][laughing continues][grunting]
[chuckling][laughing][cocks gun]
[chuckling][whimpering][whimpering][screaming]
[sobbing][gunshot]
[laughing][moaning][laughing][gunshot]
[laughing][chuckling][gunshot][moaning]
[laughing][gunshot][sighing][chuckling]
[gunshot][sniffling][sobbing][whirring]
[wind blowing]
[explosion][cash register rings][indistinct][sighing]
Paul Siegell is the author of Take Out Delivery (Spuyten Duyvil, 2018), as well as wild life rifle fire, jambandbootleg and Poemergency Room. He is a senior editor at Painted Bride Quarterly and has contributed to American Poetry Review, Black Warrior Review, Rattle, and many other fine journals. Kindly find more of his work — and concrete poetry t-shirts — at ReVeLeR @ eYeLeVeL and @paulsiegell.