Tuesday, April 20, 2021

the oxford comma

she throws her strunk and white's
elements of style
across the room and hits me in
the head.
i don't care what this book says,
you have to stop using the 
oxford comma.
it's ridiculous and confusing.
there is no need
to put a comma after the last
item and before the preceding
coordinating conjunction.
it's useless and unnecessary.
it's absolutely superfluous.
i beg to differ, i tell her
rubbing the bruise on my 
forehead. maybe if we lived
in England it would be okay.
but we're here in Lorton,
Virginia. i can't talk about 
this anymore, i'm going for a walk,
she says, slamming the door
behind her.

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