The
Belly-button Renaissance (A
Pantoum)
Worshipful,
time-honored goddess,
object of men's devotion,
revealing the source of life and hope,
giving rise to civilization.
Object
of men's devotion
with breasts full and belly round,
giving rise to civilization,
a Venus no longer regaled.
With
breasts full and belly round
perpetual image on village paths,
a Venus no longer regaled,
remade in the industrial age.
Perpetual
image on village paths,
a living icon of life's abundance,
remade in the industrial age
with boy-flat figures the fashion.
A
living icon of life's abundance
viewed with rejection and chagrin,
with boy-flat figures the fashion,
denying the feminine.
Viewed
with rejection and chagrin,
no pride in voluptuous shapes,
denying the feminine
of the classic beauty of origin.
Pride
in voluptuous shapes
in post-industrial renaissance,
the classic beauty of origin
appearing now in stylish shops.
In
post-industrial renaissance,
a sexy statement by the young
appearing now in stylish shops,
soft round, pierced tummies bared.
A sexy statement by the young
wearing their skirts and jeans low slung,
soft round, pierced tummies bared
in
exotic celebration.
Wearing
their skirts and jeans low slung,
revealing the source of life and hope
in exotic celebration,
worshipful, time-honored goddess.
© 2003 Richard Sidy
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