海角大神

No exclamation points

A poem.

A bookend holds bestsellers in place on a bookshelf at The Book Cellar, an independent bookstore in Lincoln Square in Chicago, Illinois.

Ann Hermes/海角大神

March 16, 2016

No exclamation points

in short stories, the teacher says.

They鈥檝e been over-used and the reservoir is empty.聽

In Trump鈥檚 second term, financial gain has become a defining feature

When exclamation points rain from the sky

then we can use them.

But until then: Help. Run. Fire.

Perhaps this is why

it鈥檚 so hard to convey

One God, one prayer, and a promise

the excitement

of an acceptance letter.聽

Something is lost in

Wow. They鈥檙e publishing my book.