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Belly-button

Belly Button. FluFF!


Snip.

after the hurried moments of the cleanly cut cord,

The casual "Are you an Innie

Or an outie?" will be

the few times you acknowledge its existence. 


In theory, the belly button is an outie

It protrudes, it pops, it bevels as a button should.

But when puberty peeps in and

passes by 

The button recedes in wiry weeds

and ho, there we go, we’d forget them


The button crawls down, it sinks in further

into the belly of your depths as it hears-

the knell from the bell of a middle-aged swell

and ballooning of saggy skin


it gets engulfed in your mellow folded-holds

to be seen no more, it grins

with belly button fluff

flows five peals a laugh

lose a button, let your tummy rolls win.



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