chirr

He sings with the men as they paddle, but all they hear is “chirring,” a sound so annoying they threaten to turn him into “squirrel stew.”

Hot spots continued to smolder on the charred hillside as firefighting helicopters chirred overhead.

A pensive stillness passed while they listened to the hushed chirr of insects in the trees that surrounded the cemetery like an embrace.

I stood in the darkness sipping beer and missing my wife, listening to the chirr of summer insects while the stars brightened, trying to tune my ears to the unknown.

The only sounds were the chirring of the cicadas and the occasional hoarse cawing of crows in the treetops at the edges of the field.