“MEDICAL MAYHEM”
Found a hangnail on my pinky.
Insignificant, so  dinky.
How to mend it? What to do,
Make it good again, like new?
Soon an answer came to me
From a "doctor" on TV.
Fifty bucks, a single  ounce
Of medicine I can't pronounce.
One thing that was said for  sure:
Side-effects just might occur:
Tooth disease like pyorrhea;
Dizziness, with diarrhea;
Ear wax, with resulting  pain;
Lesions forming on my brain;
Trouble with my  circulation;
Gas-attacks and constipation;
Monthly curses gone  awry.
(Hold it, doctor; I'm a guy!)
When all was said, and all was done,
The treatment didn't seem like fun.
I guess I'll just ignore my dang nail,
And simply hang onto my hangnail.