Sound Argument

Snick-woosh, rushing stream Clink, gurgle, doppler shift Glub then tinkle, drip drip Crystal scrape metallic A plastic click, pause, muffled hiss Gurgle, snort, chuckle, snuff Plink… Plink plink… Drizzle, drip, drizzle, drop Coffee is brewing Dry rustle, crinkle, pages on wood Chock, thwock, slap, a paper stack A throaty zip, heavy, dry, leather Shunk, shunk, economy of motion A sharper zip, bdruuup, fin! Schwop, clack-slither-clink, A full brief set down Heavy drag, porcelain vs. wood Clink-clunk, crystal tink A throaty gurgle, barely heard Sh-nick (minor tinkle), schwoop, Sh-nick (minor tickle), swoop, plastic scrape-pop, glub, quiet though, like a heavy drop scrape-slink-swish, doppler pi The brew is stirred A sharp slurp, a quiet sigh Murmurs, growing, muffled by door A grunt, more felt than heard Heavy cup, counter thunk, slop-plop spilled a drop Woosh, shunk, clunk, rustle fabric Deep wood grunts, tile is silent Recess is over Slither metal, muffled chulunk, woosh of air BURST wave of voice, fabric rushing, movement! Heavy wood, creak, ever-so-soft snick of oiled metal The voices drop, whispered now, a whisper roar Murmured greeting, wush of skin on skin Creak, thunk, metallic pling-plong-sprong Seats are taken One final creek, sprong-pling-pong Rubber whuph, carpet snuff, softly leather protests Deep tenor, no tremor, mellow-stop, mellow-stop Measured cadences, carry up and settle, up and settle Now heavy, deeper, rhythmic, damning A kettle drum of point by point, rolling, inevitable Move to acquit