{"id":8671,"date":"2022-07-06T08:27:54","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T12:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/?p=8671"},"modified":"2022-07-05T23:13:52","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T03:13:52","slug":"i-gave-myself-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/i-gave-myself-over\/","title":{"rendered":"I Gave Myself Over"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-24\" src=\"http:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/k-avatar-e1443983846496.png\" alt=\"by Kent\" width=\"81\" height=\"81\" \/>within the limits of safety and sanity, obviously<\/li>\n<li>teach a monkey to change another monkey\u2019s diapers<\/li>\n<li>\u201chere\u2019s my cod\u201d<\/li>\n<li>official Duchess-wear<\/li>\n<li>wouldn\u2019t have thought a row of buttons in that spot would cause problems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tune in next time part 710 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/tune-in-next-time\/\">Click Here for Earlier Installments<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I gave myself over to the Dew-fugue. This song did not lie <em>within the limits of safety and sanity, obviously<\/em>, but it was my duty to perform it. When facing such challenges, I cast my mind back to my sophomore project, when I had to <em>teach a monkey to change another monkey&#8217;s diapers<\/em>. Nothing seems impossible anymore.<\/p>\n<p>The rendition of my career told in the song was surprisingly accurate, although it portrayed me as something of a punster. If I hadn&#8217;t been under the influence of that glowing green beverage, I might have balked at the line where I supposedly told someone <em>&#8220;here&#8217;s my cod&#8221;<\/em> and handed over a fish as identification. Other details I couldn&#8217;t be sure weren&#8217;t true. Perhaps that disguise I once donned really was <em>official Duchess-wear<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>At last I swung into the climactic verse.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My rank is elevated to the apex of the echelon<br \/>\nLuck or nepotism or find something else to blame it on<br \/>\nAmong the snowy mountaintops my fortress was indomitable<br \/>\nThe caves below it teemed with hordes of snowmen most abominable<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s now my job to be in charge of comedy battalions<br \/>\nI take my soup with pepper and my omelets with scallions<br \/>\nAlthough I&#8217;m brave this number has me shaking in my epaulets<br \/>\nI never in my life before have seen so many wedding guests&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The crowd took over for the next line.<br \/>\n(he never in his life before has seen so many wedding guests, he never in his life before has seen so many wedding guests, he never in his life before has seen so many wedding wedding guests!)<\/p>\n<p>And the big finale:<br \/>\n&#8220;In short in matters tactical or cryptozoological,<br \/>\nI am the very model of a Contrarian General!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While I was still taking my bows, Fleur hauled me offstage. &#8220;There&#8217;s a situation,&#8221; she hissed. &#8220;We have to keep people from panicking, but it seems the engines lost power during your song. Somebody seems to have entered a special sequence that shut them down.&#8221; She pointed to a line of blinking red lights embedded in a tile on the dance floor, shaking her head. &#8220;I <em>wouldn&#8217;t have thought a row of buttons in that spot would cause problems<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>bonus points for using them in order<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Stichomancy Writing Prompts\" href=\"http:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/stichomancy-writing-prompts\/\">about stichomancy writing prompts<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/stichomancy-writing-prompt-generator\/\">try our stichomancy writing prompt generator!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>within the limits of safety and sanity, obviously teach a monkey to change another monkey\u2019s diapers \u201chere\u2019s my cod\u201d official Duchess-wear wouldn\u2019t have thought a row of buttons in that spot would cause problems Tune in next time part 710 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Click Here for Earlier Installments I gave myself over to the Dew-fugue. 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