the family law, benjamin law

“When Mrs Reed turned the next page, a massive ball-sack stared us in the face, silencing us.

‘This,’ Mrs Reed said solemnly, ‘is a scrotum.’

With her finger, she proceeded to outline the wrinkly sac of skin, which hung out of the book sadly. We got the sense Mrs Reed didn’t much care for the scrotum. She gave it a way look, as if to say, So, we meet again, scrotum, my old nemesis.

‘And this,’ she said, unimpressed and turning the page, ‘is a man’s erect penis.’ The giant cardboard penis popped out, aroused, pointing at us like a giant, accusing finger. Involuntarily, we rocked back. As she showed us the different parts — the vans deferens, the urethra, the glans — her finger slowly traced the cardboard shaft of the thing, up and down.

Outside, it began to rain.

‘When an adult male is aroused,’ Mrs Reed said, ‘the body pumps lots of blood into it, so it becomes stiff. Sort of like…’ She trailed off.

‘Like a ruler?’ someone asked.
‘Like a bone?’
‘Like a sausage after it’s been in the freezer?’
‘No,’ Mrs Reed said. ‘It’s more like…’
‘Like a rock?’
‘Like a brick, except shaped like a sausage?’

The bell for lunch-time rang.

‘Well, look at that!’ Mrs Reed said, snapping the cardboard penis shut, making it retreat immediately. ‘Time to eat.’”

~ by dani on Wednesday, 8 September, 2010.