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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 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
And it burns, burns, burns
The ring of fire, the ring of fire
The ring of fire, the ring of fire...
C.: d.c., what’s going on at work? I was almost late for work because no one knew how to open the back gate.
d.: Oh, you must have come in during Officer Hanover’s retirement party. She’s been doing her job for forty-three years.
C.: I suppose, if I had worked at a job for that long, I would be ready to retire, too. But I expected someone to at least let me go through shakedown and get into The Kennel. I didn’t want to go through a head-to-toe search, but that would be better than being late for work and being docked for fifteen minutes.
d.: Yes, all the officers came to Hank’s sendoff. The officers even brought some pieces of cake to the medical staff.
C.: Officer Hanover’s first name is “Hank”? Isn’t that an unusual name for a female on this planet?
d.: That isn’t her real first name. Her real first name is Lucinda. However, when the officers at our kennel heard why she had been transferred to our unit, they nicknamed her “Hank,” as in “Hanky-Panky.” The nickname stuck.
C.: I have never heard the story of why she got transferred to our unit. Do you know it?
d.: Not the whole story, but I do know that she got caught having a relationship with an inmate at her old unit. That’s why she transferred to our unit. It was one of two choices for her: Transfer to our unit (since it was two hundred miles from her old unit and her former beaux) or be fired. Anyway, when she came to our unit, the ranking officers decided that it would be best to keep her out of the main part of The Kennel. They didn’t want the same thing to happen on this unit that happened on her old unit, so they asked her to operate the back gate. Sadly, even that didn’t work.
C.: What do you mean by that, d.c.?
d.: Well, there are inmates that help clean up the Sallyport area. She started requesting one particular inmate to be her SSI, so he would be in the area between the two gates leading to The Kennel. The Warden got suspicious, so he started an investigation. The inmate confessed that they were having an affair. The warden gave “Hank” the choice of retiring or being fired. She chose to retire, so they threw a big party for her, just like she had done nothing wrong. It shouldn’t be very hard to replace her, though. How hard is it to open an electronic gate?
C.: Apparently, it’s very hard. The Kennel couldn’t find anyone who knew how to open the gate when I came in. Since I’m a cat, I was able to flatten my body and crawl under the gate without it being opened. When I left work, I had to do the same thing. I had to take three baths to clean myself up after that! I still have a bad taste in my mouth!
d.: I’m glad you told me that, Cal.E. I’m scheduled to work tomorrow, and I’m not a cat. I won’t be able to crawl under the gate. I may need to use some of my annual leave until The Kennel finds an officer that is smart enough to operate an electronic gate.
C.: Good luck with that! I guess I will see you (much) later, then, d.c.
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