The Hernia of Hattie Green

In the summertime she smelled so bad that people working in the same bank office where she rented her desk would do everything they could to stay as far away from her. She had a hernia but didn't want to pay for a doctor so she just walked around in pain for 20 years. The cost of the surgery was just $150 and even though she was horrified by the cost, she finally went ahead and had it done after 20 years. Then she stiffed the doctor. What? Shit. She's probably got a hernia from carrying all that filth around. But had he liked the fame that came from the press? It's not but doesn't she understand it's like