onomatopoeia
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Beep.
A dozen roses.
Beep.
Sparkly red cards.
Beep.
Heart-shaped box of chocolates.
Beep-beep-beep.
I rush to cut down the line.
Rustle.
Balloons that say "love."
Rustle.
The door slammed shut
into my five year old face
I was just a little girl
and I was already in this place
I crawled into bed
The world is a lonely place for a child so small,
Everyone is big and scary,
“Ribbit,” says the good frog, or sometimes “Croak,”
Then the fly says, “Buzz!” and flies to the oak.
In the forest, without a single “beep,”
Life forges ahead! So do not dare reap
Listen to the
Tik
Tik
Tik
Tik Tok
BeeBop
Drip Drop
Ring Ring
Banana Phone!
Tipping at the tip-top of a
High drop off the
Grand canyon of sky
Beebockety pop
A thought is clacked out
The clacks speed up, words flow out
The clacks slow down, letters slowly rise
The clacks stop completely, a dot seals the line
The mouse whirrs speedily, click click, click click
The squeals of a little girl, the thud of horse hooves,
The rattle of rain down the shingles of roofs,
The clamor of traffic, the roaring whistle of trains,
The deafening throb of machinery numbing the brain,
