Stuck
Keywords
creative nonfiction, plasma donation, healthcare industry, economic inequality
Abstract
I walked through the double doors of the plasma center at eleven a.m., right behind a man who looked like he’d just spent the night in his car. His hair pitched awkwardly atop his head, and his loose T-shirt hung low beneath the trim of his bomber jacket. I stood behind him in line at the reception desk and looked around the room. I had imagined a rusty, back-alley nightmare of cracked linoleum, flickering fluorescents, stained lab coats, and crumpled dollar bills—the grime beneath the folds of Darwinian capitalism. Instead, I was greeted by starched lab coats, bleached teeth and ponytails, waxed floors, and a computer-automated check-in system—the highly polished face of a multi-billion dollar industry. I waited in line and watched the receptionist give instructions to the man at the counter. Then she waved me forward.
Original Publication Citation
Franklin JC. 2015. "Stuck". Hunger Mountain.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Franklin, Joey, "Stuck" (2015). Faculty Publications. 10151.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/10151
Document Type
Other
Publication Date
2015
Publisher
Hunger Mountain
Language
English
College
Humanities
Department
English
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