There are very few opportunities in life to have it both ways; semicolons are the rare instance in which you can; there is absolutely no downsides. — The Case for Semicolons, New York Times Magazine, Feb. 9, 2021
Why all this sudden Sturm und drama
Over a dot above a comma?
English rules and norms and laws
Allow for one before a clause,
That only has a passing link
To what precedes. It meant a wink
When nestled in a right paren
(Before emojis;), way back when.
True, it is a fine gradation
Of grammar, sense and punctuation.
But there are such a myriad
Of other marks: the period,
The asterisk, the bracket, dash
The forward and the backward slash
So let’s discuss apostrophes,
Not semicolonoscopies.