(I’m Always in Parentheses)

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(I’m always in parentheses)
(which makes me hard to hear)
(regardless if I’m yelling loud)
(or if you’re leaning near.)

(It sounds as if I’m whispering)
(my voice is just a squeek)
(and even if I scream and shout)
(it comes out soft and meek.)

(Parentheses imprison me)
(they hold me like a jail.)
(I try to break these tiny curves)
(but every time I fail.)

(I’m sick of these parentheses,)
(these little muffling arcs.)
I WISH I WAS IN CAPITALS
WITH EXCLAMATION MARKS!!!!

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