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title: Ode to Parentheses

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# Ode to Parentheses
**by Catherine Buercklin**

My words 
cupped in your 
soft hands.
Suspended 
in anticipation 
of an exclamation 
I am frightened
to put in fully 
fleshed ink.
Holder of all 
unuttered phrases.
Your sides
glide in and out
as forgiving as a womb.
Amenable. 
Open ended
in your rather
precarious nature. 
You anchor me
in your fluidity.