Meeting

The hum-drum blahs

and the so-so mehs

with the sighing,

shrugging, “ehs”.

The razzberry exhales,

“thhhhbbbbbzzzzztttt”

mixed with the open

mouthed Y-A-A-W-N-S.

A throat gurgler followed

with a scratchy clearing

“Ahem, Ah-Hem!”

A sniffle.

“Snap, ker-snap”, of the

knuckles,

The muted, “ker-pop”, of

a shoulder or back.

A hacking cough,

a rattled nose breath,

a smacking of lips,

another cough.

The “ishy, ishy” sound

of someone scratching an

itch on their arm

through their sleeve.

A bouncing knee,

a tapping toe,

a clicking pen,

a rapping of fingers.

“Okay, let’s start this

meeting. Oh, we’re still

waiting on a few more?

Okay, we’ll wait…”