(Whispers)
/(Writing within parentheses guards your secrets.)
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When using social media
sometimes your thoughts will wander;
your mind’s encyclopedia
may take you way out yonder,
and if a comment might not please—
some multiple entender
or faux pas puts folks ill-at-ease,
oft’ leaving them less fonder—
surround words with parentheses;
i.e., e.g., consider these:
(The words you tuck away in here
are whispers hidden from their ear:
those thoughts you’d like to make more clear
by stripping them of sweet veneer;
a snark remark which won’t endear;
the thoughts which you won’t say in fear
of terminating your career—
like tell the boss to kiss your rear
or laughingly say, “Hold my beer!”).
Sweet thoughts like these you shouldn’t squander
nor display for all to ponder.
By Ken Gosse
From: United States
Facebook URL: https://www.facebook.com/ken.gosse/