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Free verse № 150

Navel Action

Member since 2001 · Posted 16 Mar 2002 · 8 comments

Have you ever made a mirror thing To look inside your navel? You'll need some tube, some mirrors, string Some sticky stuff and one more thing A handy kitchen table. . Just cut the tube to make a 'U' Then simply fix the mirrors, glue Them firmly, maybe tie with string And there we are! That's everything There's nothing else to do. . You use it like a periscope To peer inside and help you grope Around to see what's hiding there. There's awesome junk and lots of hair And little lumps of soap. . Now! If you're carelessly inclined There's some thing you might bear in mind Be cautious please, DON'T poke too far. And find yourself a small jam jar To hold the things you find. . I caught in mine a crumb of toast But really, what I liked the most Some talc, a feather, tons of fluff, A toenail and some gooey stuff. It's interesting in there.

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8 comments

[n/a] nentwined 16-Mar-02/1:21 AM Reply
very cute, very shel silverstein :) I kinda hoped for some philosophy as well, but oh well. :)
[1] anonymous 24-Apr-02/3:23 PM Reply
yah!
[1] ruella 28-May-02/4:51 AM Reply
Playful but ultimately acerebral.
[7] lexicon 7-Jul-02/9:24 PM Reply
Hmmm I'm disgusted and somehow charmed at the same time
[6] horus8 11-Jul-02/9:11 PM Reply
I take it you have an inny
[6] horus8 11-Jul-02/9:11 PM Reply
I take it you have an inny
[6] horus8 11-Jul-02/9:11 PM Reply
I take it you have an inny
[7] kawakurdi 22-Jul-02/2:32 PM Reply
The challenge for poetry is to create art from apparently non-poetic themes. This poem meets this challenge fantastically.