Not Forever, But For Now

by Chuck Palahniuk

effete

crenellated

priapic

manky

gynecomastia,

bollards

bulbourethral

It had struck me that I hadn’t asked his name. Persons like nanny and cook and the chauffeur must have Christian names, but they move through our lives and are gone so quickly, it hardly justifies the effort to ask. To do so would be like naming a pigeon on the lawn or a glass of milk.

coppice

panopticon

victuals,

capon

shoat,

syllabub

clarion

As Otto once described Sandhurst, at term’s end all the boys were at one another’s throats. It’s easier to be with rage than to be with despair and loss. If things don’t end badly, they’ll never end, so all the Sandhurst chums who must part company need become mortal enemies.

scagliola

pianolas

crenellated,

bibelots