Closed-caption poem (A poem)

With a few small changes here and there, taken from closed-captioning…

Man speaks indistinctly
Camera clicks
Man whispers

Breathing deeply
Ceiling banging
Sighs

Rattling
Sighs

Rattling continues
Sighs
Knife clatters

Woman
Man

Metal clangs
Sighs
Metal clatters

Electronic music plays
Tires squeal
Loud music plays on car stereo

Gears grind
Metal creaks

Grunts
Camera shutter clicks
Panting

Objects clatter

Exhales

Exhales sharply
Inhales deeply

Exhales sharply

Cell phone rings
Indistinct conversations

Scoffs
Sighs
Coughs

Chuckles softly
Clicks tongue

Grunts
Grunts
Sighs heavily
Sighs

Exhales sharply
Retches

Indistinct arguing
Breathing heavily
Indistinct conversations

Dialing
Chuckles lightly
Sighs

Cell phone vibrates
Grunts
Scoffs

Door closes
Door locks

Sighs
Sobbing

Alarm rings
Gasps

Breathing shakily
Sniffles

Cell phone vibrates
Line ringing
Sighs

Door closes
Footsteps approach
Elevator bell dings

Gun fires
Gun clicks

Screaming
Wailing

(25 November 2015—posted November 27)