SHOWDOWN

We’re leaving the movie theater / we’re leaving the movie theater—it’s late / the movie has a title / a title / I can’t remember / joy / or happiness / *The Sound of Music*? / Was it *The Sound of Music*? / There are people / lots of people in high heels (...) / She ran / she just ran out like that in her underwear / barefoot in the middle of the street / so they say / because we didn’t see her run / didn’t see her collapse / she appeared at our feet like the first snow / already dead / covered with makeshift newspapers while waiting for the morgue / they said her name / I don’t remember / they told her story / I don’t remember / black and white / a dark night / I don’t remember