"SURE  SOUNDS LIKE IT" All hail to onomatopoeia! And tho we never get to  see ya, Your magic simply does astound: The way you verbalize each sound. Sounds like crackle, hiss and bang, Fizzle, sizzle, crunch and clang. Not to mention plink and clink, (Just like a fork tossed in the  sink.) How we celebrate your antics, Mixing phonics and semantics, Vocalizing with such skill, All that ruckus, if you  will. Check out twang and gush and sputter, Ping and pong, and zip and flutter, Beep and zigzag, also fizz. Gal, you tell it like it is. Think  boom and bong and crash and bam, Plus whack & slam. We thank you, ma'am, For in these days of dumb & dumbing, You keep those verbal  pictures humming.