'punk' Tuation

I hate Periods and like most Commas, 
a Full Stop turns me off

Quotation Marks I can endure,
but Semi-colons not

I love a good Exclamation Point,
all Question Marks so so

But my favorite is the Em Dash
—replacing most of those

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2020)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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Bauer Avatar
March 3, 2020 at 3:30 PM
ha! i like this very much, kurt! i like the em dash, too and i'm also a fan of those three little dots to end a thought...
Behm Avatar
March 3, 2020 at 4:23 PM
Thanks Ilene. Great to hear from you. Kurt
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