Semen, a Love Sample Page #4

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scoffed the whole box of cereals,

which gave him stomach ache, but

this did not stop him from inviting

a classmate, little Inez, to

the circus. Now Inez wore a dress,

short and redolent

of flowery, pink panties,

for which Diego had

a spot just as soft as he had for

chocolate-coated cereals.

Inez was about to accept

when little Diego Salvaterra,

stricken by a stomach cramp,

threw up over Inezs dress

and Inez decided

she was too young for boys.

Deeply wounded by Inezs refusal,

little Diego turned to Miss Marina,

his maths teacher,

to whom he gave the tickets

together with a disastrous exercise

in the hope of a better mark.

That afternoon

Marina felt a weakness in her legs.

Attributing it to tiredness,

she decided to take a white coffee

in a bar which was on her way home

and she'd never entered before.

Little Diego's gift

did not save him from his bad mark,

but Marina kept the tickets

anyway and decided

to treat her mother, who loved clowns

and elephants, to the circus.

Marina was about to call her mother

when she felt her period start,

which explained her weak legs,

so she ran off to buy some

sanitary pads with wings,

leaving the tickets

on the table with her coffee.

So there was I, trying

to find some sense in life,

with two circus tickets in my hand.

It was her!

Ariadna.

Hanging head-down

like a bat.

With my baby in her!

So irresponsible!

Didn't she think

of the risk to my baby?

Where am l?

Am l dead?

You fainted.

Yes...

Can you leave us?

He's all right.

What a surprise.

Somebody faints

and it turns out to be you.

Did you come to see me?

Not exactly.

Actually it was all

a coincidence.

Really?

Anyway, l was sure

we'd see each other again.

Pity you missed

the end of my act.

Its the nicest part.

Nice?

Im sorry but it was like

a horror film to me.

Why?

You were risking

the baby's life.

The baby l gave you...

l mean we gave you.

The one we inseminated you for...

Pregnancy's hard to achieve.

You don't want

to spoil it all now.

Ever dreamed you were flying?

Isn't it fantastic?

That's how l feel

on the trapeze.

Like Im flying,

weightless, defying gravity.

Stop, stop for goodness sake!

For goodness sake!

You don't like it?

Its not a question

of whether l like it or not.

So what is it a question of?

Of man never being meant to fly.

Feet are for planting

firmly on the ground.

Hey, Ignatof.

You see? The exception

that confirms the rule.

lf flying was good for us,

we'd all have wings.

But that's not the case.

We invented aero planes.

That's what l mean. Look at all the

childless air hostesses there are.

And you know why?

Because heights

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