Aurochs to Zorra

Jelly coat

Jelly coat


Cutting squares for a quilt,
she reached for her scissors.

         “It was the jelly coat”, he exclaimed,
         blaming it on his wife’s ova.
         “We wouldn’t have so many brats to feed
         if my swimmers wouldn’t stick.
         My load ’s been slick and well delivered
         since I was 15. Never had a problem, then.
         No, it’s the jelly coat,” he paused,
         “and not a thing I can do about it.
         Come to bed ma. It’s getting late.”

She twirled the scissors in her hand
but thought better of it,

one

more

time.


© Kåre Enga

jelly coat: an ovum-produced glycoprotein that causes
adhesion of the sperm to the ovum