a nurse offers us: water, apple juice, orange juice the old woman says: what about coca cola she is thin sandy hair and sandy skirt the nurse smiles like the woman has made a joke the woman smiles back but isn’t joking she takes a sip from a styrofoam cup tells us she brought her own announces it to the waiting room (but nobody gives a shit) the nurse comes back in with the drinks-- but no coca cola the woman is irritated bc she’s here to give blood and: why can’t she have a coca cola? she’s sitting in front of a window in front of a pool in front of a bar i bet she could get a coca cola out there but it wouldn’t be free she’d have to order pay tip the girl in the yellow bikini who must have to wear an awful lot of sunscreen to work or maybe-- and trust me, you’ll love the imagery here-- the waiter who looks like summertime santa white beard and jolly belly and all will bring her a free coca cola and she...