I Need of Editing

In need of editing

Due to a medically undiagnosed:

As yet, unspecified; neural condition;

This ditty; I’ve only just now composed;

Bears witness to my current obsession

With: colons and semicolons; and as such:

Needs editing; prior to publication;

Which; typically would be very much

The case here; but for my wife’s vacation.

She; being possessed of an equally

Obsessive; if counter fascination;

With grammatical correctness; and frequently

Prone to irritation and frustration:

Will; upon seeing this piece; feel compelled

To ruthlessly purge it of words misspelled;

Sentences deemed nonsensical/confused:

And every punctuation mark misused:

She’ll surgically extract: accordingly:

Performing: as it were: a colectomy:

But: presently she’s somewhere in Spain:

Hence: colons; and semicolons: remain.