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 finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.

    Aristotle (384 BC-322 BC) Greek philosopher.

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