it doesn’t take a genius to understand grammar “i before e, except after c” to know the difference between a comma and a semicolon but words in parentheses should not count.
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used to explain something an after thought an “i didn’t think of this before but i have now.” and words in parentheses really should not count.
it does take a genius to understand people or more specifically you and why you did it. (i love you) (i’m doing this for you) (i’m cleaning up) (i’m better now) words in parentheses just should not count.
This was inspired by a 6-word memoir on the Smith magazine website that is reprinted as the title of this poem.