[Paula Fernandez]

Ghazal on (non-essential additional information)

Asides, a list, a fact, all thrown inside parentheses.
What other matters might be sewn inside parentheses?

The invitation’s in the mail, come share our wedding joy!
(+1) and your true love's unknown inside parentheses.

When your belly yawns (__) and you want a little treat,
ice cream perches on its \/ inside parentheses.

Party names are all we need to identify foe from friend.
(Dem) or (Rep)? Should we disown inside parentheses?

Within the span of cosmic time, the little things don’t count.
(All of human history) has grown inside parentheses.

A date of birth. A date of death. A life enclosed and done.
(My father) lies as still as stone inside parentheses.

Christian, Muslim, Jew, or None. Are these IDs essential?
(Your God) can sit upon his throne inside parentheses.

Your email came. I understand the pressures that you faced.
But (I’m sorry) one cannot atone inside parentheses.

It’s victors who write the narratives. Will history ever hear
(35,000 Gazans) groan inside parentheses?

The parentheses of love face out to embrace a broken world.
Only )love( can change the tone inside parentheses.

It’s a peaceful place, this nest, a dark burrow in the text.
(I) think I’ll sit here quite alone inside parentheses.

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edits
S1L1: "are" -- > "all"
S2L2: "can come" --> "'s unknown"
S3L1: "." --> "," at end of line
S9L2: "35000" --> "35,000"