Horizontal frame crashes / alternatives?

I'm creating a series of brief (1-2 measure) examples, each on its own system. I'm using horizontal frames at the end of nearly every system so the measures aren't so wide. I'm getting a lot of crashes...actually not crashes but the whole layout gets weird (it gets messed up visually), then when I click to close the document it doesn't actually close but brings everything back to the way it was (visually). Usually, at least (I think it's crashed at least once or twice). I'll attach an example of what I'm trying to do below.

Since I'm using possibly dozens if not hundreds of horizontal frames in this score, I'm wondering if horizontal frames are known to cause visual distortions or program crashes? If so, is there an alternative to shorten the length of systems?

Thanks!

Doug

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