Twister 3549

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

You lost me at raisins, he told her and she sighed and started reciting the recipe again. But what she really wanted was to make a bad joke.

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Twister 3548

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They came to a cliff. Below them the city spread out like an electric carpet. And he knew then that he was too stupid to say the right thing

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Twister 3547

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

She screwed the cap off the beer and handed it to him and he said thanks, and then she walked to the door and said bye, and never came back.

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Twister 3546

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

She said to him, Be dangerous but be kind. And she kissed his forehead, and on his way to school he punched his nemesis. Then he apologized.

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Twister 3545

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He recalls his dad once telling him: Always listen to her, especially when she says try harder. But he can only load the dishwasher so fast.

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Twister 3544

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Years later her smell still permeated the house, a kind of ghost haunting the rooms of his soul. So he bought a cat. And that made it worse.

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Twister 3543

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Then he stood up before his family and said something that was not even remotely funny. I’m a failure, he sighed. It’s true, his son agreed.

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Twister 3542

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

This is a place where meanings are fluid. Where language is hidden by context. Where actions and words conspire. As he leans in to kiss her.

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Twister 3541

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

It was cold and he joked about his nipples and so did she and then he joked about something else and she didn’t and so he shut up and moped.

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Twister 3540

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He had come home late from work and got into bed and his wife said, You smell like fish. He remained silent, and then said, That’s not fish.

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