On The Lighter Side

My previously overgrown
belly
disappeared
Magically
Alas
My belly
used to cushion
my falls
And
Help me
When I bumped
Into walls
When I
would sometimes
flop
I'd spin
On my belly
Like a top
Without my belly
my singing voices
fails
I no longer
roll around
like great
big whales
Though when diving
I can with ease flip
my inners seam
nowhere as hip

My belly
enhanced
my stature
giving my opinion
weight
My belly was
a grand topic
when I was
running late
My shout now seems
to cackle
My trousers tend to
fall
I wake up in
the middle of the
night
with half
my shadow
missing from
the wall

My laugh
has lost
the timbre
of jolly jelly
No longer having
the great depths
of a world class
belly

I must now
Within you confide
there is far too
little space
between my sides
They say it's
healthy
not to be
double wide
but at least this
much I'd appreciate
if you would recognize
my great big belly
was really on my sides