More Unruly Punctuation

In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “By the Dots.” We all have strange relationships with punctuation — do you overuse exclamation marks? Do you avoid semicolons like the plague? What type of punctuation could you never live without? Tell us all about your punctuation quirks!

Since I’ve answered this exact prompt before,  please go HERE to read my poem on this subject and remember that the punctuation marks that are not meant to be merely functional (the ones in blue and boldface) are meant to be pronounced in full.