the dissonance prevails
murmurs / mutters / spEAKING / YELLING
SHOUTING LOUDLY
INTO HIS EARS
LIKE BULLETS STRIKING HIM
BLow by blow
and then a lull returns
hushes / whispers / sighing / gROANING
MOANING
FIGHTING
SCREAMING
BANTER AND METAL
CLASHING
IF ONLY HE WERE
DREAMING
THE CACOPHONY INCREASES
VIBRATIONS IN HIS
NEURAL PATHWAYSARE
JUMBLINGUpANdDISRUPTIng
histraINOFTHouGHt

And a single gunshot was all it took
(right through his mind)
to silence the noise.