Twister 2957

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He walks the deserted street; the featureless landscape has him lost, disoriented. He trips on a crack. And understands what love feels like

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Twister 2956

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The boys stole things and laughed about it. They whistled at girls and called them names. And then the world changed on them and they cried.

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Twister 2955

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

She called him a Lebanese Cucumber and he didn’t take offense right away. But years later he saw one. And he suffered a delayed humiliation.

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Twister 2954

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They walked the cobblestone streets of a ridiculously picturesque village in Sicily and he kept sneezing because he was allergic to tomatoes

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Twister 2953

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He watches her every morning, as she reads her book while her dog plays in the park. I should get a dog, he thinks. And maybe start reading.

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Twister 2952

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

And then he screamed, You can’t make me, and his big sister gave him a look that told him she could. It haunted him for the rest of his days

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Twister 2951

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The bus was dank with unhappy people. And then they all disembarked and a group of happy people got on. And then the bus crashed into a tree

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Twister 2950

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He interrupted the girls stuck in their downward spiral of whatevers. And he felt oddly heroic. And knew he’d made the world a better place.

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Twister 2949

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He hiccuped at the wrong moment at the auction and now everyone thinks he’s interested in ancient pornography and willing to overpay for it.

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Twister 2948

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Morning entered the room with the subtlety of a jackhammer. He surveyed the squalor. None of us can ever run for public office, he thought.

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