Milo Gets a Chiropractor
One day, Myopic Milo; went slithering across the street; and met with some misfortune; as a car, he tried to greet.
It really sent him flying; that half-blind, water snake; so to a chiropractor; a visit he would make.
Into Dr. Juneau’s office; his kinked-up body crawled; the receptionist took one look at him; she screamed and then passed out. “I guess I’ll have to help myself”; Myopic Milo thought and crawled to an exam room but, empty it was not.
In the empty room, he crawled up on a bed; when Dr. Juneau entered, what a shock; when Milo said, “Hi Doc!”
Now Dr. Juneau had a gift; fluent in animal-speak, he asked Milo why he came; looking over Milo’s kinked-up body; paused in deepest thought.
“I’ve never worked on a snake before”, he told the desperate snake; “all I can do is x-ray and try, with no guarantee that, you’ll leave her feeling better but, we can see”.
Milo in his agony, quickly replied, “oh please”. D. Juneau then x-rayed him and then he did proceed. “Now, this may hurt a little; your whole spine is a mess”; and he pressed, cracked, vertebrae into place quite easily.
One at a time he cracked and popped Milo’s entire spine; he knew he’d done it right when Milo let go of a big old sigh. “It’s on the house”, he said; “just be aware when crossing streets”.
Milo was so happy; his body felt brand new; all around the office he slithered; thanking everyone in sight; he even thanked the armatures while some patients took their flight.
As he slithered to the main door; the receptionist turned around; Milo cried out loudly; just to thank her for her time. When she looked down at the floor and saw him; she fell quickly to the ground.
Milo went along his way; he headed to his home hole; very carefully. He quickly learned to double check his movements before going by, feeling for any vibrations on every freeway and street.
Copyright © M. L. Kiser | Year Posted 2018
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