Twister 2686

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The mist covers them until they glisten. Rainbows appear overhead. He finds himself skipping. Is this love? she asks. And then he throws up.

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Twister 2685

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He married his sweetheart ironically in a bowling alley surrounded by their ironic friends. The bowlers didn’t get it; nor did they want to.

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Twister 2684

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The flirting was endless and then he asked her if she was hungry and she said she needed to eat some protein and he smiled and fell in love.

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Twister 2683

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He doesn’t want to go out to the movies with her ever. And then, in a moment of clarity, he leaves her. Because he loves the movies too much

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Twister 2682

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The air is redolent with the pungent aroma of coriander seed. And she gets up, studying him as he lies there. Who’d have thunk it? she says

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Twister 2681

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

She looked at the bed with some fear. Things will change, she sighed. But he didn’t think so. Because he still didn’t care what she thought.

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Twister 2680

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

She rolls over and he’s not there. His clothes are gone. His toiletries. His photos. Lying there and not doing anything had finally paid off

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Twister 2679

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

His personal ad lists bird watching and pulled pork. And 14 months later she calls him and says she’s into leather and he says close enough.

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Twister 2678

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

It was when he found himself in a foodcourt eating things he’d only heard about that he fully realized the tragedy that his life had become.

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Twister 2677

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

We followed the pack of men and came upon a big woman about to dance but when she noticed the size of the crowd she laughed and did nothing.

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