Lower Case

i love to write in lower case but if you ask me why, the reason i would give you is it comes down to the “i.” my first initial, written small, is capped off with a dot. the way it hovers makes me smile – i like it quite a lot. most people stick with capitals; from grammar rules, no slummings - except for those outside the norm, like poet e.e. cummings. i’ve always loved his chutzpah for it took a lot of nerve to get his poems, unique and cool, the notice they deserve. with email now, the rules are bent so when i correspond, i always type in lower case with fonts of which i’m fond. yet many times i will concede and give in to convention. i’d hate to be perceived as one just dripping with pretension. but really, who i am’s ilene, expressed in lower case. that dotted “i” identifies as clearly as my face.