song of belz

Thy navel is round, like a Coke can, only rounder.

One could use your navel as a tiny Coke can holder.

The roundings of thy thighs are round, too—

So round as to be almost too round to contemplate.

What are other things in this world that are too round?

Thy two breasts are not round, but sort of pouty,

hanging down like twin overripe persimmons

if persimmons had little reddish brown buttons on them

and were often hidden behind a trendy shirt.

Thy neck is long and slender like the long, slender

neck of a goose, but without feathers or anything.

What if we were to go to the movies this evening?

I said, “I will climb up her latticework to her window.

“I will stretch my man-neck to see into her window.

“She will be eating popcorn and watching TV.

“I will then suggest that we go to a movie.”

Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field

that is a shortcut to the mall where the Cineplex is.

There, Junior Mints give forth fragrance similar

to the fragrance of your breath after you eat them.