Important Apostrophe and a Tenant who is a Mysterious Lady

Freeverse with mystery

It should have said St John’s - with that apostrophe!

So many omit the little mark.

How could they, when its presence or absence

gives us one meaning or the other?

A tenant within these apartments

who is a mysterious lady,

placed the absent apostrophe on that poster,

kept this nighttime act a secret, and crept away.

St John was a saint we remember,

on the twenty-fourth of June:

it’s St John’s Day.

And this little mark marks that.

Without this modest mark, this little apostrophe,

we have a plural, not a possessive.

So how many Johns were there?

Or are these apartments named

after just the one John, as we’re told -

the one that has that little apostrophe?

Often do I wonder who

the mysterious tenant is, the one

who posts missing apostrophes.

(3 Sep 2024)

Reviews

[Andrew John]

Thanks so much for your comment, Mr J.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

those pesky little apostrophes punctuate our lives within the keys...
where the heck is that shift key?
I need to shift the meaning and rent one of those apartments.
j.