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

How an influencer鈥檚 unverified report on Minnesota fraud sparked White House action

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

Seizing Venezuela鈥檚 Maduro, Trump implements his corollary to Monroe Doctrine

the excitement

of an acceptance letter.聽

Something is lost in

Wow. They鈥檙e publishing my book.