Chapter Five: Guessing Names
I spent the night sleeping fitfully and trying to think of clever names. The more I thought the worse my situation seemed. Possible names multiplied in my head like amoeba in a nutrient rich culture. Each time I thought of one, ten more jumped out at me. I had no way to write the really great ones down and my memory wasn’t cooperating. I was lost and so was one ball if I went through with this stupid idea. I decided to try to get the message across to my wife that I had changed my mind. After all, my future here was not going to be pleasant but the loss of one-half of my manhood was a further horror that I was unwilling to accept.
The lovers showed up at noon. That they were now lovers would have been obvious to even the most out-of-touch, self absorbed, blis
