Demonstration of Proof

When proofreading sounds like discontent

Complaint vs compliant
Many vs may
Of vs on vs an vs a.

Here a missed letter
There a wrong word
The template: confusing?
Instructions: unheard?

You type the missed letter
And make the word right
You type a long comment
and clear your own sight.

You remind the draft’s owner
And you edit yourself
For backup you quote
A book off the shelf.

This now is demonstrated
Like a math QED
When you prove each correction
Like geometry.

But when you’re fed up,
It’s not when they’re wrong-
It’s when you were too tired
And your proofs weren’t strong.


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on National Proofreading Day, March 8.