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/The Christian Science Monitor
March 16, 2016
No exclamation points
in short stories, the teacher says.
They’ve been over-used and the reservoir is empty.
When exclamation points rain from the sky
then we can use them.
But until then: Help. Run. Fire.
Perhaps this is why
it’s so hard to convey
the excitement
of an acceptance letter.
Something is lost in
Wow. They’re publishing my book.