Exclamation Mark!

Compelled to shriek! and shout! aloud

Not born to blend in with the crowd

I stand up straight and tall and proud

Muscular, mighty

You don't want to fight me

I'm an exclamation mark!

I must be noticed, must be seen

Forget those letters in-between

My power boosts your every scream!

Not fancy, not fluffy

A roughie, a toughie

I'm an exclamation mark!

Scare commas, colons and full stops

Cause shocked apostrophes to drop

Ellipses to lose all their dots

An upstart, a raver

Unruly behaviour

I'm an exclamation mark!

I'll amplify a zoooom! for you

Whizzzz! boooom! bash! crash! enhance them too

Or even cock-a-doodle-doo!

I'm craving attention

So once more I'll mention

I'm an exclamation mark!!!!!