Bellybutton

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    Bellybutton

    Joshua's still in his T-shirt” said My nephew of his brother, imploring me to look as I tried to eat my cereal.

    I didn't look up, “Joshua's still in his T-shirt!” he said louder ,in that whinny eight year old voice, “look, his T-shirt has a bellybutton on it!”

    now I looked up, and he was right, the T-shirt did have a bellybutton on it, and Joshua wasn't wearing a T-shirt, I smiled, I've been wearing the same shirt for five years now, its flinty and slightly bigger than it should be, I need to take that one off, and this facial thing ive been wearing...this smile..that's got to go as well, I need to see me naked, I haven't seen my soul in forever, and I don t mean to be strange or crude, but next time I see you, dear reader, I sincerely hope its in the nude.

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    FranzJ commented on Bellybutton

    09-25-2010

    a clever surprise - and funny - nude is good- - - - - -

    KtIrish commented on Bellybutton

    03-23-2010

    Comical, witty, but with a wealth of deeper meaninf. This is an amazing piece.

    ginga commented on Bellybutton

    05-28-2009

    clever, comical, witty and immensely poetic. The t-shirt theme keeps the reader wondering throughout the poem. I love this prose. ginga

    blue92 commented on Bellybutton

    04-14-2009

    That was very interesting, and entertaining. great job!

    Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does.

    Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) U.S. poet.

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