Raspberry Jelly

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
grapples with my confrontation
and stays --
"Your friend called," in passing --

"He says he's done something."
And I know what this means --
The jelly now seems quite
comforting.