Monday, March 16, 2020

Volodymyr Bilyk, excerpts from The Songs of the Great Tits


Sigh Berry Plank


1
heartbeat, alien.
Thunderous drums, demonic growls, tortured screams, droning feedback

blink
???? ?? ????? ?????????? ????????
-???????? — ?????, ??????? ?
????????????? ? ???????.
???? ?? ????? ?????????? ????????-????????
— ?????, ??????? ? ????????????? ? ???????.

Boom pause twang
clap squeak hah haw
whop rumble splat

bang, bash, bat, bonk, bop:
- ...KNEE,

Tick off: THONG:
- tang;
- throng;
- tongue;
- think
strong,
though...
- bhang;
- bong;

chafe, dander: - warmth.:
abrades scratch
from
the screw thread - helical, anfractuous  
...swat/.

soothing ruffle:
“ire” “worms”
athwart

“???????”.

***
2
‘Cut Cut Cut Act’
*Ahem* SQUEEEEE:

1-2-3-4 bit at the 1:05 mark

“cc” ?
flap "cc"  
Cc  "cc"

Dot the i

difficult, puzzling, embarrassing situation

Da.
Da-Da.
Z
F.-O-
Scratch
Hu Hu Loo
Tears Cha Cha Tse Tse
Click Click

***
3
mattoid
hither and thither

77777 …

(7777 …).

hollow laugh

...

mendacious mot.
Shining 

“ONE
for every 
Zim 
250,000,000,000,000 

to 

FIVE
for every 
Zim 
175,000,000,000,000,000".

clap -
clandestine clasp lisp

***
Octothorpe -  FFFFFF

(255, 255, 255)
- - -
(0, 0, 0, 0)

-30-

.
.
.
voiceless labio-dental fricative wow

Square space,
Sharp.

the meshes fence:
- sparkles, sparkles,

scratch.

toe bow,  ill-timed :  
crunch!

rake ticks the brow  , 
and punch mark left.

haw-haw.

***
5
sounds like the end of the world

A-B-A-B-C-D-D
da-da, da-da-da-duh-duh­

Uh
uh” and “um.”
uh…it
uh…it

 “ums” and “uhs” 

“so”

 “k”
“eh,”  “uh” or “um,”   it’s “en,” in  it’s “euh,” in  it’s “hoonm,” in   “ohm.”
“m” and “n.”
“uh” and “um.”
“so”
are “ano” and “eto,” 
 as just “eh.” 

 ah, ee, ooh, eh, and oh. 

…uh…
…um…
…uh…
…ahhh…
…oww… …ehh…
…eeeeh-to…
“uh” or “um”
“Uh”



—Volodymyr Bilyk