diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index 0291c18..42808ea 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -476,7 +476,22 @@ def analyze(draft: Draft):
     for i, line in enumerate(lines):
         if sids[i] is None:
             continue
-        matches = list(WORD_RE.finditer(line))
+        # ad-libs — anything in (parens) mid-line — are delivery, not
+        # text: they don't rhyme and can't claim the line-ending slot
+        adlib, depth, astart = [], 0, None
+        for j, ch in enumerate(line):
+            if ch == "(":
+                if depth == 0:
+                    astart = j
+                depth += 1
+            elif ch == ")" and depth:
+                depth -= 1
+                if depth == 0:
+                    adlib.append((astart, j + 1))
+        if depth:
+            adlib.append((astart, len(line)))
+        matches = [m for m in WORD_RE.finditer(line)
+                   if not any(s <= m.start() < e for s, e in adlib)]
         for j, m in enumerate(matches):
             tokens.append({
                 "line": i, "start": m.start(), "end": m.end(),
diff --git a/static/index.html b/static/index.html
index b26d01c..fa42568 100644
--- a/static/index.html
+++ b/static/index.html
@@ -602,6 +602,10 @@ function buildReadout(){
     parts.push(p);
   }
   const st = caretStanza();
+  if(st){
+    const bi = st.lines.indexOf(ln);
+    if(bi >= 0) parts.unshift(`bar ${bi + 1}/${st.lines.length}`);
+  }
   if(st && st.scheme){
     const sch = st.scheme.toUpperCase();
     const shown = sch.slice(0, 16).split('').join(' ') + (sch.length > 16 ? ' …' : '');
diff --git a/tests/test_rhymes.py b/tests/test_rhymes.py
index 18d5db1..1949e56 100644
--- a/tests/test_rhymes.py
+++ b/tests/test_rhymes.py
@@ -533,3 +533,12 @@ def test_word_inside_grouped_phrase_still_rhymes():
             "wastin' all this time with style")
     group_with(text, "mind", "time")
     group_with(text, "while", "style")
+
+
+def test_inline_adlibs_excluded():
+    # (yeah) is delivery, not text — bunch keeps the line-ending slot
+    text = ("Six-foot, seven-foot, eight-foot bunch (yeah)\n"
+            "I roll with the gang, throw a punch (what)")
+    assert scheme(text) == "aa"
+    assert "yeah" not in highlighted(text)
+    group_with(text, "bunch", "punch")