(with gratitude for frank)

wear it.

your will worry
that your belly
will look bad,

but your middle
soft and spherical,
will be magic,
like the full moon
over Louisville tonight.

with the laying on
of your forgiving hands,
trace the circle
you once loathed
and love it.

love your belly.

you are a beautiful woman.

you,

once welcomer
of lives,

you,

now beckoner
of lovers,

wear that dress.

you look like a woman
who has made love.

tonight

you look like a woman

who is a natural wonder.

6/2/23