ellipses

"Ellipses" is the plural of "ellipse", and also of "ellipsis". This is a pretty insignificant linguistic problem, but it's still a problem. We've got two words here which share an etymology, but they have diverged in meaning and usage. That would be fine - I think we're better off with two different words for a conic section and an omission. However, the fact that the words used to be used interchangably leaves them with the same plural form. This would be far more confusing and irritating if they were both common words, but it still occasionally bothers me when I'm referring to strings of three periods, and I look at what I just typed and wonder if someone will think I'm talking about ovals.

Gritchka pointed out that the same problem exists with "bases" - it's the plural of both "base" and "basis". This looks especially awkward to me as the plural of "basis", but I can't think of a less unwieldy neologism that I'd replace it with.
All your bases...

some people are question marks
some are commas, periods
semicolons, exclamation marks
or interrobangs

you are an ellipses
each dot a hole marked out
from where you took from me
the spaces in between where
we don't speak anymore
only leading to uncertainty
from something familiar and safe
toward a neverending list of reasons
that i am not lovable

holes and spaces
want to fill my
holes
with your
spaces

with your tongue
or my tears
i am emptying myself for you
every single day

and you just fill me with you
as if you think it would save me

it's killing me.