Belligerent discourse, each statement <br />aggressively confronts, an aggravated <br />inflexion rasps pugnaciously, grating <br />voice deepens ostentatiously for each <br />pretentious word at end-of-phrase <br /> <br />Drawn out vowels - discordant notes <br />create nerve-quaking noise, grows <br />exasperation in already aching ears, <br />words exploding in my mind until I'm <br />speechless with dismay <br /> <br />Only physical separation can dissipate <br />this callous cacophony, prevent it from <br />breaking in abrasive waves…<br /><br />Margaret Alice Second<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/abrasive-waves-revised/