Blood Donation at Sunnyside
© 2002 Timothy M. Leonard
“Are you allergic to pain?” the nurse asked.
“Only to pleasure,” he replied, laughing as the needle slid into a vein drawing A Negative.
He squeezed the plastic hand grip pressure pump and bantered with a mother of 5 as their blood flowed out of their bodies through arms into plastic tubes down - out of their sight into clear plastic liter bags with an identification #.
Hugs from a thank-you clown.
Tim Leonard a Vietnam veteran, is a graduate of the University
of Oregon. A poet, writer and digital photographer, his work has been
published by PoetrySuperHighway.com, Stirring (V2E1), JournalE.com, Kid's
Highway.com, Babylontravel.net, and Comrades.org.uk., ozimages.com.au
a photographer's cooperative in Australia, grazalema.ws, and zonezero.com.
He published a children's book with ebooksonthe.net and is a book editor
with atlanticbridge.net. He finished his first novel, a memoir, last fall
and is looking for an agent and publisher. He recently returned from gathering
material in Morocco and Andalucia for a new book and is sitting down in
the Northwest, where he chops wood and carries water.
Note: Featured
author in December 2000
E-mail: tmleonard@earthlink.net
Writing interests: Travel, Children, Poetry, Prose
I.D. Theory articles:
"Going North from Santa Fe",
"Bali Creativity",
"Old Man Hands",
"Roof Ball", "Commentary
in December", "Sun
River", "Leaving
Through DIA", "Pawn
Takes Pawn", "Elements
of Surprise and Laughter", "Field",
"Gas
is Cheap"
Digital art: "Cutting Fingers," "Error
404 File Not Found," "Scratch," "Remain
in the View," "The Orchestra is in the
Pits," "National Poetry Month," "Untitled
Means Exactly What It Means," "Woman in
Thorns," "Royalty Discussing Just Desserts,"
"Truth Clarity Power Immortality"
Links: Tim's
Website