Apostrophe Abuse
when in doubt, leave it out
I see it everywhere,
wish punctuation marks had a union,
some representative to speak up
when someone combines two complete sentences with just a
comma
or takes an apostrophe out of a contraction,
making it feel ugly and unnecessary, a stranger in a strange land
attempting to pluralize words,
wedged uncomfortably in between the word and its beloved s,
like a third wheel on a date, a chaperone to keep that word from reproducing right there in the middle of the dance floor with God and everyone watching.
About the Creator
Harper Lewis
Ekke Ekke Ekke Ekke Ptang Zoo Boing!
Intrusive rhyme bothers me, except as a weapon.
Intertextuality is my passion.
Formalist/ New Critical are my guiding theories.
My words are mine, not a robot’s.
MA English literature, CofC
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