Twister 3127

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Her relatives closed in on her. Well, that’s what it felt like. You’re stifling me, she moaned. But none of them were familiar with the word

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Twister 3126

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The economist at the seminar gets up on stage and says, It’s all about money, and then the lecture is over. The whole thing cost four bucks.

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Twister 3125

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

She called the flowers “egregious” and he feigned an especially insincere kind of hurt and they laughed because they knew they were fabulous

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Twister 3124

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

She remembers a time when he wanted her more. Before they bought the puppy. The ugly car. The big screen TV. Before life had really started

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Twister 3123

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

And then all the girls laughed and all the boys returned to their clubhouse dejected. At least we can pee standing up, one of the boys said.

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Twister 3122

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Waves crash at a safe distance. Cold foamy water washes over their feet. She sighs, taking it in. You totally need a pedicure, he tells her.

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Twister 3121

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The ladies sat at the bar, complaining about men. The bartender knew to leave them alone. That makes me want him more, one of them admitted.

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Twister 3120

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He hears a kid quote a band he used to like back in the day, and he says, Don’t live in the past, and the kid calls him Old and he feels it.

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Twister 3119

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He shuts down his laptop and sighs. And as he wonders whether he should call his family, he stares out the hotel window and dreams of flying

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Twister 3118

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He reached for her but she pulled away. What now? he asked. She couldn’t speak to him. He got out of bed. It wasn’t that smelly, he pleaded.

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