By Ryan Quinn Flanagan
step forward
mind the line
it is there for your
protection
don’t blink
answer truthfully
let me know if you feel
any pain
give blood
give your samples
authenticity accepted
step forward
mind the line
it is there for your
protection…
Ryan Quinn Flanagan is a Canadian-born author residing in Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada with his wife and many bears that rifle through his garbage. His work can be found both in print and online in such places as: Evergreen Review, The New York Quarterly, The Academy of the Heart and Mind, Setu, Red Fez, and The Oklahoma Review.
