There's Good News Today

Well, the old tooth has stopped hurting and there's nothing wrong with my toe. I know there's nothing wrong with it because the podiatrist at the VA Clinic told me so. He looked at my feet and shook his head.
There's plenty of blood circulating into your feet he said. There just isn't any blood circulating out.
So where's it going I asked.
He shrugged.
Then he trimmed my toenails.
You can come back in three months and have them trimmed again he said.
But what if they grow long before then I asked.
He shrugged.
The government only allows you to trim your toenails every three months he said.
Well that makes sense I told him. I'll remind my toenails of that.
So that's about it he said.
But my toe still hurts I said.
Can't be helped he said. The government doesn't allow for that.
But what about pain and suffering I asked.
I don't feel a thing he said.
OK Doc. What could I have been thinking of. You know best. You and the government.
Now we're on the same page he said.
Trouble is we're not reading the same book I said.
See you in three months he said.

(My apologies to the late Ross Spencer for stealing his style of writing in his Chance Purdue series. Spence would understand, having been an old vet himself)

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