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@@@@@Five years ago I woulda told that doctor
@@@@@Five years ago I woulda told that doctor offIt was one of the old jokers, and it was even worse in the ArmyA man had to take crap even if it was just by keeping his mouth shutYou don't last a month if you do everything you want, he told himselfAnd yet nothing was worth doing if you let yourself be pushed aroundThere was no way to figure that one out
He was startled by Wilson's voice"C'mon, Red, let's go They began to walk together
Wilson was silent, and his broad high forehead was puckered in a frown"Red, Ah wish we hadn't gone on that sick call
"Ah gotta have an op-per-ration
"You going to the hospital?"
Wilson shook his head"Naw, that doc said it can wait till the campaign's over
"What's the matter with ya?"
"Damn if Ah know," Wilson said"That guy in there said Ah'm all shot to hell inside He whistled for a moment, and then added, "Mah old man died from an op-per-ration an' Ah don' like none of it
"Aaah," Red said, "it ain't too bad, or they'd be doin' it now
"Ah jus' cain't figger it out, RedYou know Ah had a dose five times and Ah cured it every single timeBuddy of mine told me about this thing, it's called pirdon or pridion or somepin like that, and Ah jus' took it, an' it fixed me up fine, but that doc says it didn't'
"He don' know what the score is
"Aw, he's a sonofabitch, all right, but the thing is, Red, Ah'm all shot to hell insideAh cain't take a leak easy, and mah back hurts, and Ah gets the cramps sometimes Wilson snapped his fingers deprecatingly |