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The Phlebotomist's F You T-Shirt
I know the world has gotten more casual,
but a middle-aged stern-faced phlebotomist in a t-shirt?
This surprises me.
And not just any t-shirt.
This one is that dull brownish red color
sometimes referred to as oxblood
It features big, deep, gothic dripping letters
clearly spelling out the words
Fuck You
Her demeanor
matches the shirt
Her only words to me: Make a fist
And so I do..
Then she stabs me
Nothing
She stabs me again
Nothing
"Are you making a tight fist? she demands
Yes! I am! Really! Very tight fist. Fisty Mcfist pants!
Stab
Jab
No luck
She ties the tourniquet on my other arm,
goes closer to my wrist this time
Victory.
Twenty minutes later,
taped on cotton ball removed
a dark purple flower of death appears.
Perhaps she'll stand by my grave
in her oxblood t-shirt
laughing manically
happier than she's been in years
but a middle-aged stern-faced phlebotomist in a t-shirt?
This surprises me.
And not just any t-shirt.
This one is that dull brownish red color
sometimes referred to as oxblood
It features big, deep, gothic dripping letters
clearly spelling out the words
Fuck You
Her demeanor
matches the shirt
Her only words to me: Make a fist
And so I do..
Then she stabs me
Nothing
She stabs me again
Nothing
"Are you making a tight fist? she demands
Yes! I am! Really! Very tight fist. Fisty Mcfist pants!
Stab
Jab
No luck
She ties the tourniquet on my other arm,
goes closer to my wrist this time
Victory.
Twenty minutes later,
taped on cotton ball removed
a dark purple flower of death appears.
Perhaps she'll stand by my grave
in her oxblood t-shirt
laughing manically
happier than she's been in years
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