Strunk and White, I must digress, I apply
Self-finesse, with punctuation! Starkly
Right, I’ve never felt, felt right. I decide
Where to use the rules, I rule the use we

Gain from drools of babies-last! Elements
Of style include breaking the barriers
Of mastered-past! Oh, Strunk! Oh, White! I meant
No disrespect to language terriered!

No disrespect to works of geniuses! I
Read, I write, I adore the bite of maws
Principals! However, I feel revised,
Abit, in taking, it, further. Commas

Are alive with unspoken words, building
Bridges to unseen worlds, in reworking.

Erin Elizabeth Kelly-Moen
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