Twister 1463

He rhapsodizes about the wine and claims all sorts of flavors and smells. But she’s unimpressed by his words and says, Just shut the fuck up

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Twister 1462

I have an itch, he says and she inches away from him. It’s not a bad itch, he says. But she gets up to leave. Now I have an excuse, she says

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Twister 1461

The Honda skids off the road. He’s out of breath. And happy to be alive. And he laughs. She joins in. They exit the car. You bit me, he says

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Twister 1460

Jones invites the boys over for poker. He plies them with drink. But when he says, My wife makes great lemon muffins, the exodus is massive.

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Twister 1459

I don’t have the time or energy, he says. I have three kids, she replies. He looks her up and down. Lucky I don’t believe in guilt, he sighs

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Twister 1458

The meeting turned on a fumbled cord and a bad connection on the speaker phone. And Frank’s repeated retelling of a joke involving “salami.”

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Twister 1457

He spent an hour explaining the idea of beef jerky to his boss. He thought about quitting. But the executive seats were made of real leather

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Twister 1456

He wakes up to jarring music sung in some foreign tongue he’s never heard and he tries to find the source but he can’t. He blames the world.

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Twister 1455

He called his credit card company in the morning and was put on hold. And then the passage of history, continental drift, the birth of stars

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Twister 1454

She walks into the office and smells that thing again. She bumps into her boss and he smiles and says I smell it too. It’s the smell of fear

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