Twister 3418

He lifted the rock and saw maggots dancing on something, as if hopped up on coffee, and he looked at his son and said, Those are happy bugs.

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Twister 3417

He enters the elevator and the Muzak assaults him like a hot pepper, and then the elevator stops and he says, At least my underwear’s clean.

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Twister 3416

The bear came inside and growled, and the family sat at the kitchen table, mouths agape, and the bear said, I’m not a morning person either.

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Twister 3415

He entered the room and she pulled up the sheets. You startled me, she said. He sat down on the edge of the bed. What if I shaved? he asked.

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Twister 3414

The band played their last song and stumbled off the stage and the guitarist said, My Mom sent cookies, and the band lost their street cred.

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Twister 3413

I didn’t expect much. But I dove in anyway. And here I drift, like a net in the ocean. Waiting. To come unstuck. And maybe not kill anybody.

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Twister 3412

He’s, like, Love stinks, and she shrugs and says, And if you showered, and laughs and he’s all like, Whatever, and she lights another smoke.

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Twister 3411

The man beside him was working hard. The effort was audible. You’re ruining it for the rest of us, he told him. And then, he tried to flush.

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Twister 3410

The truck jackknifed and its load of chickens spilled out. Some of them tried to cross the road and they were splattered by oncoming traffic

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Twister 3409

The place was crowded and dark and he thought he could get away with it but when he got home his wife gave him a look and he knew he hadn’t.

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