can a misplaced apostrophe
begin unpardonable war
can a forgotten comma
start some dialogue or more
could a question mark
mark the beginning of the end
perhaps a misused exclamation point
portends a nightmare with horrid trends
what if a phrase should tell a partial lie
could a sentence remind us
of those things language contends
if a paragraph stopped us dead in our tracks
our human story should indicate
what this life lacks
 

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