Twister 2475

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He delivered the presentation while drunk on wine and lost his job the next day. He couldn’t understand why. It was a pinot grigio, he said.

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Twister 2474

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

She stepped out of her clothes and he stood frozen, and she became self conscious then and said, what? and he said, You look like my mother.

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Twister 2473

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The house is quiet save for his labored breathing. He’s relieved she’s asleep finally. As he waits for the neighbors to start calling again.

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Twister 2472

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He came home late and saw her at the table, a three course meal before her. She was obviously irate. You’re cute when you’re angry, he said.

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Twister 2471

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He stares at the wind-battered plastic bag in the tree and thinks about what his father has told him and decides that life is a big fat lie.

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Twister 2470

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He felt a kind of righteous anger then, a terrible sense of being wronged somehow. You can’t buy my love, he said. Who wants love? she asked

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Twister 2469

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

And he dreamed of happiness. Of joy. Of floating through a world that cherished love. And worshiped him. And where all the women were naked.

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Twister 2468

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

By the time the scotch arrived, the evening’s failure was apparent. This is pointless, he told the bartender, watching the last woman leave.

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Twister 2467

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

It had been awhile. Too long. So he vacuumed. He cleaned the toilets. He cooked dinner. But it didn’t work. You touched the toilet, she said

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Twister 2466

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They heard the yell. It was sharp and panic stricken and they ran in its direction. It had been Jones. I was just checking, he said, smugly.

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