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My Foot

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My Foot

By Jeffrey A. Paolano

We yusta try to hide it, made the prosthetic look like the real thing. We’d always wear long pants, with laced up boots, so nobody’d wise up.

I’ve had several different kinds since that little Bouncing Betty bitch clipped me. Now I’ve got one to jog on, one for walking around, one for wearing with a suit or trousers.

We don’t hide ‘em anymore. Some guys put on flags or unit badges or tattoos. Something so people know it wasn’t a car wreck or something took it. It was service to the country. Damn it, I give it for my country.

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    • Jeffrey A. Paolano says

      Ms. Milne, Mr. Warner (Sea Bees Chu Lai 1967-1968), Endless Edits:

      Thank you for your kind observations, I find them very helpful.

      Be well…be happy…

      Jeff

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