stridulate

i learnt a new word today:

stridulate -

(of an insect, especially a male cricket or grasshopper) make a shrill sound by rubbing the legs, wings, or other parts of the body together.

and i fly with its sizzling syllables

right into

the dusky corner of this poem

wooosssshhhhhhhhh

with resonant surety

the verses begin to rub against each other

and a soft vibration begins to spark the silence

stshshstshshstshshhhhhhh

the shrill frequencies move into an ever higher pitch

and soon a dervish of hissing and crackling

breaks through the seams of the stanzas

krrrrrrsccccckkkkkkchchchchchctjtjirrrrrrrrrrrr!!

what could the intentions be 
of these piercing oscillations set loose in this poem?

attracting mates or scaring off competition?

krrrrrrsccccckkkkkkchchchchchchchchtjtjtjtjrrrirrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!

the metaphor becomes agitated by this quivering word

the air is bothered and all ears try hard

to guard themselves against this wild metallic rasping

tjtjtjtjtjrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!

all high-pitched energy depletes itself sooner or later

the tones are losing their earsplitting edge

a hoarseness sets in

grhrhrhgrgrgrgrrrrrrrrrr

the strident angst can no longer hold

the stridulating pace relents

the sun sets and a stillness soothes the air

sssshhhhhh....