belly — Allison Liu

round as egg yolk
furred like peach
crinkled and creased
like tender kale leaf
soft as plump fish
(and floppy sometimes)
wiggling
jiggling
entirely
mine

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Allison Liu is a 16-year-old Chinese American writer currently attending high school in Lexington, Massachusetts. She can often be found working on her novel, photographing the unusual, and dreaming about her cats. Her work has appeared in or is forthcoming in Folio Literary & Art Magazine, Crashtest Magazine, Cloudy Magazine, Paper Crane, and elsewhere.