Eliminating the Final Comma

My friend Sue posted this from the Grammar Police website.

And it reminded me of my own struggle for eliminating that final comma in a series.

Of final pauses, & final endings.

I realized for the first time:  the final comma is only a good thing if you are ready to read it.

That final comma, that final pause, is a threshold.

A threshold for transgression or for transformation. 

We all stand on that threshold, waiting for the final comma.

A comma which demands a choice from each of us.  To transform or transgress.

For years I have accepted that final comma.  In a series.  In my life.

Now, I want no final pause, no ending.  Unless it offers a threshold.

I still want final commas to indicate closure.  

But I want the possibility of walking across the threshold.