Authors: Chuck Palahniuk
Host sister ladling into fabric sack packages blank computer disk. Adhesive label. Tablets graph papers. Mechanical pencil. Gum eraser.
Same now, available nearby such selection nuclear missile launch codes. Tantalizing details strategic American troop movements. Plans preliminary prototype future most scientific military weapons. Abundant cornucopia every top defense secret.
Host sister, purloining more ink pen, more graph paper, say, “The police are
totally
going to bust somebody for butt-fucking Trevor…”
Here particular installation stockpiled delicious nuclear isotopes. Plutonium. Strontium. Delectable menu radioactive elements. In secret, reciting this agent,
Uranium … radium … einsteinium …
Wide selection deadly chemical, biological culture sample.
Anthrax. Ebola. Sarin.
For access, merely utilize laminate name card, green color prosthetic eye. Both secreted trouser cat sister.
Thin fabric sack stretched almost to failure, filled burden ink pens, staplers, adhesive tapes, blank disk, debris. Detritus.
Making voice of baby puppy, this agent beseech sister retreat, attain location storage of nuclear materials so private enough able exchange mouths. Saliva commingle. Regress to vault top security for generate mutual pleasure. There access smorgasbord curium, hassium, lawrencium.
Cat sister heal doors of cabinet, close handle. Turn to cast eyes upon this agent, say, “Pygmy…” Say, “Get this—you and me are going to have the same dad, so we can’t make out, and we can’t get him in trouble.” Say, “You got that?”
In secret voice operative me, within head quote jolly monarch, good-natured king Mao Tse-tung, say, “The need to shit after eating does not mean that eating is a waste of time.”
Hands of operative me encased latex, burdened anchor weight stolen pens, postage stamps. In secret, this agent
say within head, debate will police arrest for sodomy clear-yellow bully. Abort deadly science fair project. Foil Operation Havoc.
Punish for sodomy by place operative me imprisoned full lifetime accompanied numerous sodomites. Such the absurdity American legal justice.
Awaiting nearby, enticing radioactive isotope polonium-210, iridium-192, cesium-137. So almost attainable, poisoned treasure of exquisite thallium. So close within reach fragrant bosom cat sister, lavish enriched thorium. Combination all glorious victory.
Quote, “The need to shit after eating does not mean that eating is a waste of time.”
Only already now, prominent buttock cat sister in retreat. Regressing away, say, “I can’t tell folks how to act in
your
town, but here…” Say, “Brothers and sisters just do
not
get busy with each other.” Trouser fabric stretched so conceal succulent host sister buttock, making rapid stealth parade toward direction sign of exit.
Begins here twenty-first account of operative me, agent number 67, on revisit religion propaganda distribution outlet of city
. Exterior worship shrine menaced simmering horde media jackal for printed journal
. In attendance, multiple parasite representing crowded whorehouse of cable distributed television outlet
. Additional under siege by loitering vultures radio network
.
For official record, today occasion purposed discarding mortal remains Trevor Stonefield. Ritual display of Trevor corpse prior feed for nourishment arthropods, bacterium, and microbe.
Combining melee media jackals, roadway occupied busy cavalcade citizens, pacing blockage entrance of shrine. Raising forest of cardboards mounted wooden post for handle, cardboard printed English letter words, KILLERS DON’T DESERVE SALVATION. Other signage written, No TEARS FOR TREVOR. Righteous chaos wagging cardboard, chanting, repeat chant, “Trevor Stonefield burns in hell…” Citizen mothers, citizen fathers, and offspring, making small parade describing continuous ellipse before shrine, chanting, “Trevor Stonefield burns in hell…”
Styled female hyena painted claw clutch microphone emblazed large Arabic numeral four, hyena make stance at immediate focus camera lens. Appareled uniform business suit, face painted so erase all defect, female hyena cast gaze within camera, say, “Even today as grieving, angry families protest
outside the funeral of the troubled young man, the county medical examiner continues to investigate recent autopsy findings…” Say, “Forensic evidence which proves the school shooter, himself, was the victim of a recent violent sexual assault.”
Female hyena cease issue proclamation, fashions mouth to make smile, say, “Did my hair look okay?” Hand hook flat item out own trouser, manipulate so item cleaves to produce small mirror. Eyeing own visage, media hyena say, “Does my eye shadow look balanced?”
Frenzied journalist attracted stench of human tragedy. Horde scavenger feast at overflowing anus of world history.
Skirting perimeter carnival, disorder jumble negative emotion, stealth limbs operative me gain access worship shrine. Enter perpetual twilight common all worship shrine. Dim interior, absent burning cylinder paraffin, absent fragrant garish display genitals of plant life. Minus congregants. No corroded mummy Mrs. Lilly. Merely casket cleaved so display cadaver buoyed aloft upholstery blue fabric silk, below plaster feet fake dead man bleeding red paint. Corpse eye cover skins healed shut. Trevor Stonefield. Reclined appareled blouse appropriate normal worship occasion, neck bound silk knotted banner. Curtain clear-yellow hair frame Trevor face atop head cushion. Grid bruised of tile grout, faint red lines behind corpse face powder.
Stance positioned behind casket, male issue endless stream English word. Devil Tony. Babble litany gibberish eternal life everlasting … innocent … no blame…
Seated most-forward bench of audience, male and female. Parentage Trevor Stonefield. Appareled entirely black color. Respective faces leaking mucus into disposable paper tissues.
Female face shrouded underneath black color fishnetting suspended from same-color head cover.
Infiltrating from roadway, chant voices. Shout repeating, “Trevor Stonefield burns in hell… Trevor Stonefield burns in hell…”
Within shrine, timid voice devil Tony, hoarse resulting damaged during attack operative Magda. Submucosal throat hemorrhage. Overwhelmed raucous noise chanting rabble. Droning devil Tony continue denouncing clear-yellow bully as deranged, insane lunatic. Deriding Trevor as occupied by demon from Western-concept Satan. Spinning excuse for hope deity accept and tolerate pathos dead adolescent.
In secret, voice of operative me say within head, quote benevolent emperor, jovial helmsman Benito Mussolini, say, “The history of saints is mainly the history of insane people.”
Every men must earn future torture, cruel extinction allotted of the deity. Even during man stance upon knee, jabber prayer into folded hand, behave having most benevolent kindness, even during such good acts—the deity already seed cancer into prostate, already dispatch lunatic so murder offspring of man most beloved. The deity craves sin of man as justify monstrous pain of fate the deity enjoys inflict.
Guilt of man assuages guilt of the deity. Human cruelty enable greater cruel practice of the deity.
At siege exterior shrine, chanting anger, “… Trevor Stonefield burns in hell…”
Contained interior, crushing shame clear-yellow bully parentage. Devil Tony beseeching mercy for Western God accept damaged, imperfect mortal residue.
Feet of operative me take stance at rear of worship shrine, balanced point between anger and shame. Secret recite within
skull this agent, no voice say,…
actinium, aluminum, americium…
In actual, the deity probable much welcome spirit slain bully. The deity prefer citizen execute mistake. So gain educated as benefit incorrect actions. Best evidence rich living experience, most full fulfill attempt potential lingering sense regret. Regret top reward. Regret most-sweet accomplishment—best prove citizen utilize opportunity, attempt forever growth and continuous develop.
Folded, concealed within trouser of operative me, bundle paper American currency stained fecal, blood of Trevor. Smudged seed of this agent. Dwindling monetary unit remain beyond forced violent sodomy. Hand of this agent extract soiled currency, conceal wrapped within fist.
Next now, voice droning devil Tony, jabber halt. Shrine filled waiting, shadowed faint din, “… burns in hell…” Face devil Tony tilt back so cast eye on this agent.
Quote, “The history of saints is mainly the history of insane people.”
Eye of devil Tony await, prompt parentage Stonefield revolve heads for witness this agent. Faces male and female parentage, crushed with fissures, crumpled canyons flesh channel water bleeding out eyes, face skin purple-red with blood glow.
Filth dollars tight inside fist of operative me. Retaining stance made rear of shrine.
Male parentage lift self, knees made straight until attain standing posture. Eyes remain cast upon this agent, male parentage face luminous layered water, male lift own hand, scoop air so suggest agent advance. Approach casket, deceased cadaver, devil Tony.
Trevor nose formerly folded sideways, restored so straight forward. Electric-bolt-blue-color eye, forever asleep. Curtain
yellow hair furrowed with many combing. Hairs pruned for to meet top deity.
Thinking machine operative me ponder. Gray meatloaf ensconced skull of this agent weigh ethics, obligation for make confess. Possible resolve much emotion, confusion, mental turmoil suffering Stonefield parentage. Possible explain savage anal assault astride men spa. Confession affection expressed Trevor bully, attributed Stockholm syndrome. Explain every factors causative infamous outburst upon Model United Nation.
Next then, possible to forfeit this agent affection esteemed cat sister.
Possible scuttle noble mission Operation Havoc.
Squander adoration Team Family Cedar.
Negate admiration all fellow citizen immediate community.
Recite secret within skull of operative me, say no voice, …
antimony, argon, arsenic…
Next now, feet of operative me take initial stride forward, direction mourning and death.