Fight Sounds - A Masterclass


from the ABC set Spitfire and Shuriken

The Ks alone
will take us weeks to compile
into some coherent mash
of lashing consonants and tart
vowel licks. But, to begin,
KAPOW! A classic in
spiky bubbles, obscuring kicks,
usually the prefix to KABLAM!
which signals a chair
about to land,
with the delicate swoop
of a kite
tied to an anvil,
on the head of a quick-sinking hero
or foe. KABOOM!
and red clouds explode.
Watch the dust. It's a veil
for a lethally impossible
resurrection/counter-attack
Never
turn your back
after a faultless kill, or
KERTHWACK! will be
the only warning for
an onomatopoeic drubbing,
usually diamond-tipped-
drill-related.

Enough for today.
Please read from KERRACK!
to KZICKVAR!
(Russian for keying an enemy's car)

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