What’s In the Cupboard (January ’14)

… in which I take three words from my Word Box and use them in a short piece of creative writing.

The words:

proctaglia – a severe anal pain
bailiwick -a person’s specific area of knowledge, authority, interest, skill, or work
bibelot – a small object of curiosity

And now the writing:

“Jimmy,” Don says, looking me up and down, his teeth clamped hard around that infernal cigar of his. “You are an acute and chronic proctaglia.”

“A what?”

“Look it up. It’s appropriate.” The cigar shifts sides as Don mov...