Twister 2035

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The lawyer breaks wind just as the judge takes the bench. Laughter. The cameras catch the commotion. My job is so easy, the reporter thinks.

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Twister 2034

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He answers the door in his pajamas. The mailman is a woman. A beautiful one. She looks him over. They used to belong to my dad, he explains.

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Twister 2033

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He walks with the kind of limp that makes it look like he’s always turning right. She finds it endearing. She also likes to dance. And lead.

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Twister 2032

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

And because he loved her he bought her a rare and expensive cheese and because she didn’t know her cheese from Spam she was deeply insulted.

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Twister 2031

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He changed a flat. He changed the oil. He replaced a spark plug. His jeans got stained with stuff. I’ve never felt sexier, he told his wife.

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Twister 2030

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He is a refined man. His closet is one of sartorial splendor. His style completes her. Until the awful day she decides to wash his underwear

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Twister 2029

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He finds forced pageantry maudlin, a kind of packaged nostalgia flirting with sadness. I hate parades, he sings. She leaves him the next day

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Twister 2028

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Liz opens the date with a roundhouse left. Jim sails through the room, already in love, and lands with a thud, smiling. You’ll do, she says.

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Twister 2027

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He agonizes over the placement of the speakers. She watches him with bemusement, sipping coffee. I didn’t realize you were so old, she says.

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Twister 2026

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He chased her around the house, and finally got her to the bed. They giggled like children. Then the roof caved in. And the moment was over.

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