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  It was hid amidst a conversation gone
  Wrong. As many conversations are want
  As they go on
        And on.

  A frigid word intoned,
  Or misconstrued as rude in tone
  Or simply faux-
(pho)nemes recklessly chose
  As a simple means to deliver meaning.
        Given.
        Taken.
        Implied — by one or both sides
  Who, once tied to their rightness,
  Assured their truth alone is correct,
  Or at least corrective within the collaborative mess,

  Are set affixed, to run forever: parathetic.


Parathetic

Here meaning: to be set aside; together, but apart; as if contained within parenthesis.




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