PARADELLE ANTHOLOGY

Paradelle on a Documentary Film: Hiroshima

24 Madeline Bassnett Paradelle on a Documentary Film: Hiroshima Flameball tumbles toward camera, white. Flameball tumbles toward camera, white. Silence. Black shadows etched in concrete. Silence. Black shadows etched in concrete. Silence shadows flame. Ball tumbles toward white concrete. Etched in camera. Black. A mouth. Bleeding eyes. Film flickers grey. A mouth. Bleeding eyes. Film flickers grey. Swallow nothing. Watch this. A vacuum. Swallow nothing. Watch this. A vacuum. Eyes flicker, watch a film. This bleeding grey mouth. Swallow a vacuum. Nothing. The woman’s skin shreds to a pulp. The woman’s skin shreds to a pulp. Her hands tremble, upturned. Her hands tremble, upturned. Shred her upturned hands to a pulp. The woman’s skin trembles. The woman’s a vacuum etched in bleeding concrete. A white mouth, silent grey eyes. Watch her hands flicker toward camera. Shred shadows. Swallow this flameball, upturned skin. Black nothing trembles. Film tumbles to a pulp. ...