8:00-9:00AM Check-In

Today has started annoying

I’m donating again today

Left arm, yellow ring

& it has not gone smoothly so far

Traffic was worse than normal

So I got to my 8:00AM appointment

About 6 minutes late

Which wasn’t really a problem

Since I wasn’t called up for about 25 minutes

Just to check in

Since you have to go through

All the checks & balances

To make sure you check out

But then, even after that

I’ve been sitting in my bed

Waiting to get pricked & poked

So that I can get this show on the road

Yet, now approaching 9:00

8:58 the moment I wrote this line

& I’m just about to get a needle in

So maybe when it actually turns 9

I’ll be pumping out blood & plasma in no time

9:06

& they’re putting iodine on

& i just got poked

The process took a little time

Because they were training someone

Which I don’t mind – I recognize her

She’s nice, and has helped me up front

But I think she’s now starting to learn

How to actually work the machines

So in a way, I’m glad to be the one

To help out the newbies – I remember

How hard it was to learn under pressure

Especially with unknown eyes

Hanging on every hesitation

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