the ugly art of commas

Have you ever seen the poster in English rooms:

Lets eat, Grandma.

Lets eat Grandma.

This is supposed to be a way to show how important commas are.

But I think commas are the dumbest thing in the english language

Wouldn't everything

be so much more beautiful

if we just said what we had to say

without taking a pause?

If we didn't have to take that breath

and we didn't need the dramatic effect

to make the words have meaning?

If we just talked and talked and talked

and didn't take a break?

What if life wasn't about holding back

and stopping

and breathing

and pausing?

If it wasnt about planning

and grammar

and perfection?

If it wasn't about some rules someone wrote about the language we speak

hundreds of use ago?

What if it was about

speaking and speaking and speaking?

And wishing

and exclaiming

and writing?

And if we cannot understand

what the author meant to say

I think

that's ok.

Why should everything be about understanding

and thinking the same way as someone else?

Why do we read

books the same way

and listen to commas

to tell us what to think?

But of course, it is, very well, a personal opinion.