Donor
Universal
Jacki
I
tell
Souza
the nurse I'm O-negative-
and she
smiles,
stabs
my vein-
my arm
stinging
and
her needle leaves
and me, wincing
at the pain.
But a pint of blood isn't
much
to give-
maybe someone
else will live
because of what
I
did.
Universal donor,
they told
me that
first,
nervous time.
In shortages, in emergencies
they want blood like mine.
Original blood donor-
dying
on a
splintered tree-
crying for like
someone me?
warm and healthy, and deepest, purest redmaybe someone else will live because of what He did. Not a pint or two His sacrifice His blood
but
all
of
it
bled
from His hands and His feet, from the wounds in His head. Universal Donor,
Your blood covers, replaces mine-
the only transfusion that can save
my life.
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