macguffin37

English orthography does not include a sarcasm punctuation mark. Many languages have an irony or sarcasm mark. For English, the SarcMark was recently created and marketed, but you have to pay to get the software to use it.

What we need is a punctuation mark that is directly available on keyboards, but would be unambiguously evident when used for sarcasm. Also, it needs to be seldom used in normal writing. I propose that the tilde [~] be used before and after the word or phrase that is intended to be ~snark~.

What do you think?

For just one sip
Of that phantom's flask,
Yes, I'd kill for that.
In this witching hour
Murder I'd commit
To savor that salt brew.

To become undying,
One of the kick-ass, bad boys
Never aging, ever a hunt.
Known by hushed voices
in the hours of dusk,
Darker whispers speak
In the hours of ebon.

To fill all cravings,
Bewitched beyond senses.
I'd trade my soul
In this ancient artifice
Of forgotten wishes,
To become a fulgent spirit
Of midnight pleasures.

We hide by night's edge,
Hide in the Moon's shadow.
By no power detected,
Sow seeds of fear
Until submission knits
A tapestry of black delights.

Horrific acts ensnare us,
Negate what dreams may come.
Now tales of macabre mischief
Are married to nocturnal mayhem.
Newly re-named are we.

Where once murdered by science,
Now by occult mysticism
We deny the years of reason
And welcome our new lords.
We remain, now, forever.
We remain, eternally yours.

 This blog will be about some of my interests: writing, community theater, comics, sketching. I plan to make entries once a week, starting next Sunday.