God bless that ill-placed comma!

One glance at a page full of words

And I instantly feel like a proofreader

Armed with a pen, I read out loud

Everywhere I draw little tear marks and blobs

Replace lengthy words with simple, pithy language

Stretch some sentences to add a bit of context

Get rid of the semicolon, because nobody writes like that anymore

Flank some words with commas because that's what #grammarnazis are for

Yet, somewhere, I could feel there was justice undone

What was the writer thinking? What is their philosophy?

Is there a reason they wrote clouded skies...

When they could simply write cloudy?

Went back to the first word with a fresh set of eyes

Only to read silently this time

God bless that ill-placed comma that convinced me

Loosely constructed sentences can speak loudly