Love is a burning thing And it makes a fiery ring Bound by wild desire I fell into a ring of fire I fell into a burning ring of fire I went down, down, down And the flames went higher And it burns, burns, burns The ring of fire, the ring of fire I fell into a burning ring of fire I went down, down, down And the flames went higher And it burns, burns, burns The ring of fire, the ring of fire The taste of love is sweet When hearts like ours meet I fell for you like a child Oh, but the fire went wild I fell in to a burning ring of fire I went down, down, down And the flames went higher And it burns, burns, burns The ring of fire, the ring of fire I fell in to a burning ring of fire I went down, down, down And the flames went higher And it burns, burns, burns The ring of fire, the ring of fire And it burns, burns, burns The ring of fire, the ring of fire The ring of fire, the ring of fire The ring of fire Source: Musixmatch Songwriters: Merle Kilgore / June Carter Ring of Fire lyrics © Out-of-pocket-prod. Ltd., Primary Wave Elliott, Bludgeon Riffola Ltd., Primary Wave Savage, Bludgeon Riffola Limited, Bludgeon Riffola Ltd, Painted Desert Music Corp
C.: Are you Johnny Cash, come back to life?
d.: No, Cal.E., it is me, d.c., looking for the correct key.
C.: Why are you writing so much? I know that you just got a large raise, and you have been working a lot of overtime at the kennel lately.
d.: Well, Eudora still wants a new car. I offered to let her drive my Mustang, once it is operational. She said that was not a good idea. I asked her why, since she can drive a stickshift. She said that she had a friend who she wanted to let drive the car. too. That friend cannot drive a car with a standard transmission.
C.: What is her friend's name?
d.: "Butch."
C.: I see. d.c., isn't Eudora's car practically brand new?
d.: Yes, but she said that we would need another car eventually anyway, so we might as well get one now while they are ON SALE!
C.: MHMM. d.c. I know that The Kennel medical staff is a little short right now due to summer vacation and the like. Why is it always you that must work overtime?
d,: Because the "head honcho" requested my services.
C.: You mean, the warden of the kennel.
d.: No, Cal.E. ,I mean the person to whom the warden answers, the M.I.I.
C.: What does that stand for?
d.: The Most Important Inmate. I actually do not know who the warden is. I have never seen him or her or "they." That may be a good thing. When I worked at my last kennel assignment. tbe warden was visible, but often incapacitated. This inmate runs the kennel because he has so much money in his commissary account that he can pay other inmates and security officers to do his bidding.
C.: According to my training, that is not allowed by the rules of The Kennel. And how does this inmate have so much money in his commissary account? He cannot earn money in The Kennel, even if he has a job.
d.: Well, you know how well rules are followed at our workplace, and this guy claims that most of his money came from his stimulus check.
C.: So, he is in prison, earning no money, and paying no income tax. He has food, a bed, and free medical care at the taxpayers expense, and HE gets a stimulus check?
d.: He and the rest of the inmates. His family has money, but he asks to come to the medical department to call his family. The phones in the dorms charge per minute on each call, and he does not want his family to pay for a collect call from him. The ones in my department have direct access to an outside line, but they are supposed to only be used for calling providers and other emergencies, not personal phone calls.
C.: I see. What crime did he commit to get thrown in the human kennel, d.c.?
d.: Nothing violent. He is in the kennel for income tax evasion. He asks for me to change his bandages on the wounds on his hands that resulted from him punching the cement wall in his cell when an officer did not act fast enough when he asked to get out of his cell. I gave him ice to bring down the swelling. He put the ice directly on his cuts. Of course, that opened the cuts back up. I had to stay late and redress his hand.
C.: That sounds wrong to me.
d.: NOT as wrong as him asking us to DIAL a number for him while he was in the medical department. I refused, and he got mad. My manager backed me up, but the security officers were still mad at me. They did not want their source of extra income to run dry.
C.: Such is the life of a kennel worker. I need to get ready to go on my next assignment tomorrow, d.c. I must say "goodbye" now.
I hear that train a comin'
She's comin' "round the bend
I aint seen that train since..
I don't know when.
Man, d.c. even has me singing "The Man in Black's" songs!
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