Sounds in a Town Square
A submission by urbancinderella

The king's declaration
The crowd's ovation
The cart's clank
The apple's splank
as it connects with the cart's side

The side's creak
The wheel's squeak
The woman's fumbling
The man's grumbling
as he adjusts the black headpiece

The governor's drawl
The child's guffaw
The bell's ringing
The rock's clanging
as the metal steps are lowered

The skirt's rustling
The body tumbling
The crowd's sniggering
The politician's figurings
as he counts the power won

The embarassed's sputter
The lip's stutter
The woman's cry
The wind's sigh
as it moves through the rope

The footsteps' clatter
The mob's quiet jabber
The board's groan
The mother's moan
as a daughter's life wavers

The hand's clasping
The white veil's fastening
The breath's intake
The body's quake
as the woman watches her own memories

The herald's oration
The prayer's supplication
The warrant's lies
The rope's tightening ties
as it holds an innocent throat

The floor's wobble
The throat's nervous bobble
The eyes' screaming
The hope's fleeting
as the man removes a board

The wind's upward rush
The crowd's sudden hush
The mother's defeated scream
The daughter's lost dream
as it rustles away in the wind

The audience's shuffling
The warrant's crumpling
The guilty's content exhale
The forgotten's white veil
as it hangs low on a martyr's face