Haha. Well said.

My mother has a PHD in English Literature and has taught languages and writing in college for decades. She's also a book editor and an author with published works from picture books for children to graduate-level text books. She tells me that the semi-colon's primary use is to let the reader know that the author attended college. Just use a period.

As T.S. Eliot said, great writers steal. That’s Kurt Vonnegut’s joke!