Navel gazing

I get tired of gazing at other people's navels

There are other body parts you know

Cheek bones, elbows, toes

And a whole world out there

Nothing to do with your angst or mine

And clever people who can describe

A decade in a word or two

A flight of fancy in a thrice

Who can place four corners around

Any incident or place or face

Who can lay bare emotions on

A five line fret

My navel is a malicious eye

Gazing back at me

With no words and no beauty

Totally redundant and quite dumbfounded

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Graham Sherwood

Fri 7th Jul 2017 11:26

Hazel, it would have to be the all-seeing eye tattoo! surely?

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Hazel ettridge

Fri 7th Jul 2017 07:59

Thank you both. Thinking about designing a tattoo for my belly button but am way too squeamish to carry it through.

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Cynthia Buell Thomas

Thu 6th Jul 2017 11:00

Delightful and funny and a sharp shot. Great last line.

patricia Hughes

Wed 5th Jul 2017 23:15

Excellent poem.

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