Twister 1824

When he put pepper on the lemon tarts she knew something was wrong. But she said nothing. And it would not be the last time she would suffer

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Twister 1823

He was an ad man and then went into antiques and gave his store the tag line “Love Your Junk.” Everyone got the joke except his ex-boyfriend

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Twister 1822

The men stand around sipping whiskey, talking about their wives and the wall that exists between the sexes. I’m wearing a garter, Frank says

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Twister 1821

The sun didn’t come up today. He walks to the backyard and pulls at the weeds crowding his vegetables. He picks up his gun. And he fires it.

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Twister 1820

The mess in the house is apocalyptic. It sucks the life out of her. She runs around town naked. Please put me in jail, she tells the police.

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Twister 1819

There’s room in the car and he knows it but he hasn’t showered in days and the girls in the back are cute. It’s raining. I’m moist, he says.

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Twister 1818

He watches her fix the bookshelf with a bemused kind of love. He can’t believe how much he loves this woman. You’re doing it wrong, he says.

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Twister 1817

So there’s two tigers and they belong to Mike Tyson except he’s broke so now there’s two tigers prowling Vegas looking for stoned showgirls.

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Twister 1816

The valley is resplendent with yellow flowers. She holds his hand and tries to imprint the image in her mind forever. I hate yellow, he says

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Twister 1815

He studies her hands to get a better sense of her, of the life she’s lived. You’re either a miserable seamstress or a horny donkey, he says.

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