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belly bands play

to announce your arrival

and everyone congratulates you

on your extra pounds

--have you stopped working out? you look so good!

and while your mind gets foggy

the academic papers write themselves

you'll stick to the poetry

and pink skirts for transvestite children

because everyone is so happy

and you're so happy

that the month doesn't matter

what the picture doesn't say yet doesn't matter

the matter matters

so you brandish black and white blurry pictures before you

and lay back to hear the music play