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half parenthesis?

frown without eyes?

accidental keystroke?

it could be any of these,

depending …

what would you make

of such a mark,

such a scant message,

closed to what was,

open to what might be,

if it landed

in your back pocket

on your phone?

how would you read it –

as possibility,

epic omission,

an error of Eros?

I wonder

what e. e. cummings

would say,

how he’d answer.