Raspberry Jelly [Creation Myth #14]

I am too old for jelly
Mother
gives rage that wobbles
the pud
I cannot now eat

Please reduce your stress
Mother
sits down, washed out
of blood -
I understand, keep track

And in her understated way
Mother
snatches the undesired away
throws it away
'Don't throw a menstrual' I say

Ironic that it was raspberry
Mother

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poem by Simon Huggins
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