Greg Loveseth
Chain of Custody
the sample should be kept in a secure area until it can be transported, by secure means, to the lab for testing
there is a room
with a refrigerator
a desk
and locking cabinet
inside is a box
filled with small clear
white capped bottles
individually packaged
in zip top bags
between five and six
every afternoon
men and women
line up outside the door
the donor should be supervised either directly or indirectly while delivering the specimen
I sometimes have to run the faucet
like a mother for a son before a trip to the grocery store;
I'm paid to make sure urine comes out the body
and not some contraption filled with baby piss;
a torso-sized mirror hangs over the toilet
I am blind to the underside,
I've never asked a donor to lift his penis, but I could;
the penises of drug addicts seem to all be about the same size
the collector and the donor should initial the bottle to indicate that both agree that the bottle contains the donor's urine sample
women can insert a condom filled
with clean urine,
using a needle, the rubber is pierced;
I imagine the cringe of missing the mark
the specimen container should be handed directly to the person supervising the collection, labelled and sealed immediately
poppy seeds, bleach, fingernails, temperature, Nyquil, food coloring, microwaves-
all of concern