Lawrence Hall
Dispatches for the Colonial Office
The Curse of the – Dramatic - Dash
The dash for – dramatic pause – infests
Almost every – essay – these days
Such errant usages - have become pests
And thoughtful writers - might want to mend - their ways
A clear English sentence - is tight - and terse
A model of - artistic - clarity
But all those pointless - dashes - just make it worse
Compromising its - structural - harmony
If in re-writing you find – you’ve placed a dash
Just rip that sucker - out – and toss it in –
the trash!
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