The Important Period

I once thought being a period was such a drag. I'm usually at the end of most sentences, like this one. How dull is that? You see, a question mark get's a person curious. And an exclamation point is filled with excitement! But a period just follows after the end of a statement. Or so I thought. One day, I happened to hear something new and amazing. Sally said to Sam, "I never want to go on a motorcycle with you ever again, Sam, and I mean it, PERIOD!" I had never heard the likes of this before! Sally not only mentioned my name, but she shouted it out at the top of her lungs! Then I heard something like this again from Jim Bob to Claire. "Claire!" he said, "I will never go out on a date with you again, PERIOD!" The emphasis was on the period. So, I guess I must be important enough for people to holler out my name like that. I feel better now about being a period. Written on 9/2015