Application - Imagery and Tone

The sound of stainless steel, banging against itself, rang violently into my ears. I stare at the key, my breath quick and heavy. I grab it again from its previous resting place and throw it on the cold hard ground once again, hearing the same sound again and again. I hate it. I hate it. I hate it.

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