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Nice one, Roger. Is this one clear as it is?

Punctuation Verse

Hail Punctuation! Elegant Examples
Of Full Dress Language! Shall I show you samples?
Firstly, beloved by poet and by clerk,
The ? and !

: : : and ; ; ; and . . .
Keep order in our sentences, like cops.
THE UPPER CASE DENOTES THE VIP,
while lower case will do for you and me.

, , , are little tadpoles, meant for pauses
In lists of words, in phrases and in clauses.
' ' ' ' ' ' , pairs of ears, float
Above the line and signify a 'quote'.

modernist poet ee cummings banned
all punctuation but the &
*** serve to keep us all polite
When we say wh*rehouse, b*gger, f*ck or sh*te.
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