Only Donor Kind

by Z.Y. Yang

I.

In the last 3 months have you had a tattoo?
In the last 3 months have you had skin or ear piercing?
In the last 3 months have you had sex with a man who, in the last 12 months, had sex with another man? (Female)
In the last 3 months,  have you had sex with a man? (Male)
In the last 3 months, have you slipped off a condom without telling your partner?

II.

           Have you dreamed 
of blood in foreign languages

having never known you or the blush 
of skirt? 

I remember you,
said again, the curve of anatomy sounds

again, in tongue washed out.

III.

In the last 6 months have you had acupuncture?
In the last 6 months have you had electroconvulsive therapy?
In the last 6 months have you slit your wrists?
In the last 6 months have you had an injury from a needle or come in contact with someone else's blood?
In the last 6 months have you acted on an intrusive thought?

IV.

Skin; 
spotted;

And do you really want a son?
Of your own body?

Did not, will not
or should not.

V. 

In the last 12 months have you taken illegal steroids with a needle?
In the last 12 months have you had or been treated for syphilis or gonorrhea?
In the last 12 months have you been in jail or prison?
In the last 12 months have you attempted suicide?
In the last 12 months have you used cocaine?
In the last 12 months have you considered how your mother might act at your funeral?

VI.

Do you swear under oath 
or by blood?

What difference
is there to

swear                        s we ar 

S  w e  ar 

a r w e S ?

VII.

In the last 12 months have you daydreamed the carotid, ruptured?
In the last 12 months have you had sex with a sex trade worker or anyone else who has taken money or drugs for sex?
In the last 12 months have you had sex with anyone who has ever taken illegal drugs with a needle?
In the last 12 months, have you had sex with anyone who has HIV/AIDS or has tested positive for  HIV/AIDS virus?
In the last 12 months have you been at the bedside of a once healthy friend?
In the last 12 months have you mourned a dead one?

VIII.

Have you, with skin last taken

in months had HIV needle? You, in attempt for someone you had.
You, yours, cocaine, needle in illegal months.

Had you in months taken of a needle? One male with you. 

One man, you, positive. At last, no. No,  no 
n  o .

IX.

Have you ever taken illegal drugs with a needle, even one time?
Have you ever drawn your own blood?
Have you ever meant to?
Have you visualized blood commute from vein to artery, spread Vitruvian?
Did you make your last donation or last attempted donation?
Have you?
Did you?
Do you?

Z.Y. Yang (they/them) is a writer, poet, and haver of many names. They were born in Wuhan, China and grew up in the Canadian prairies. Currently a M.A in Creative Writing candidate at the University of Toronto, their poems have appeared in Room, Contemporary Verse 2, and Poetry is Dead.