{"id":543,"date":"2021-04-15T19:58:55","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T19:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.illinoisstate.edu\/euphemism\/16-2\/?page_id=543"},"modified":"2021-04-28T20:58:40","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T20:58:40","slug":"its-not-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/its-not-me\/","title":{"rendered":"IT&#8217;S NOT ME"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">John Grey<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From the start,<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">the evidence pointed elsewhere.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the very onset,<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">the chances were at least a million to one.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And they&#8217;ve only widened since.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No, it was not a possibility.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not a hope.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because of the mist on the water.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Or the shabby faro parlor. Or the knife thrower.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Or the wheel of fortune.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So many reasons.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Take your pick.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Better the odds of finding<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">a ruby in a tar pit<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">or the lost ark<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">in a crown of thorns.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No astute gambler<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">would take it on.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A bookmaker would clean up.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So I wouldn&#8217;t get your hopes up.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Or your ire either.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Don&#8217;t base anything on the possibility.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Or make plans accordingly.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just go on the assumption<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">that there was just no way.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You&#8217;ll be much happier for it.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;ll be much the same.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Grey &nbsp; From the start, the evidence pointed elsewhere. At the very onset, the chances were at least a million to one. And they&#8217;ve only widened since. No, it was not a possibility. Not a hope. Because of the mist on the water. Or the shabby faro parlor. Or the knife thrower. Or the&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/its-not-me\/\">Continue Reading IT&#8217;S NOT ME<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-543","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=543"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":848,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/543\/revisions\/848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}