Best Parenthetical Poems

i am a broken down clown
living my life like a silent film
moving quickly with no direction

as i apply the makeup to my life's
gymnastics, i begin...

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i love you ...
to the cold marrow, i do
beastess of black
the art of you, ritualistic, raw
all your names wrap me, winged and wondrous
tempt me, tepid,...

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I am just finishing my morning meditation when I hear my doorbell ring. It actually sounds more like that buzzing sound you hear if you...

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Parenthetical;
Lovers caught
in ones and zeroes....

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I am teetering at the brim of progress 
The self I spend to be of worth
Is the same self that I had to earn

And to...

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Teeth clutched in furious fists,
Miles high above the mists,
Eyes thrust on identity’s this,
A smile wandering far amiss.

So this is the face of a simile,
Resting peacefully...

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Broken clocks with wooden blocks
And the power is out again.

Cold burning hands lifted up with a little
sacrificial parenthetical nonsense

"Yuletide noreaster winding down"
Of course it will...

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No logical place for this line in another scribing on the
same theme, so I put it down here, looked at it for a moment.
Decided to...

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Live each day
as if this day were your last.

What do you mean, dear?
Each day is your last day.

Well, no,
not if you have another tomorrow,
or perhaps...

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Parenthetical phrases help you read between the lines
S-P-E-L-L it out letter for
L-E-T-T-R.
Nothing to the imagination
Don’t get it? Just look it up
Online, between the lines.
Read the...

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Ongepatshket torqued skewed reflection

drawn courtesy lots of byte size chalk.

When e'er I summon fat chance
to empower me self with courage 
and steal a passing glance
in...

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A CONSIDERABLE CONQUEST

So this is when love becomes a contest
each a victim and seeking after their conquest
it was so easy back then, no name calling
no...

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Bertrand Russell
was intrigued by systems theory,
appalled by systemic racism
within himself and others,
corporations and churches
not recognizing each other's wisdom
also found in temples and synagogues
and community investment...

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deafening silence
of midnight -
parenthetical barking

1/8/2022...

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Severe surge regarding thou shalt not kill violations

Fifth commandment breached regularly
epidemic of gun violence in America
bullets fly, scream and tear into flesh
senseless rampant mass killings
rip...

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