PERIOD.
by April Halprin Wayland
It sounds so final.
Like things stop.
When you get it.
I know that when I finally get mine,
I’m going to be so thrilled I’m going to call it my
Exclamation Point.
published in GIRL COMING IN FOR A LANDING (Knopf) 2002
also published in PERIOD PIECES (HarperCollins) 2003
drawing (c) April Halprin Wayland