Sep 24, 2025
Ode to Em
As you dash about, I admire how Straight, crisp and lean you look; And whether before, after, or between Your words, phrases, and clauses— You create bold—almost brash—pauses. Your sharp, double-sided sword either Interrupts, explains, or provides a crisp refrain— Your more subdued and delicate cousin Comma, More delicately shapes her conversational stance. With a classic hook, an almost unstated elegance, She crooks her tiny tea cup drinking finger and smiles, While you slash and grin like a pirate defending his men. On all matters of meaning, movement, and patterns. by Sandra Ridpath