Twisters

T 5701

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 3, 2012

She found old magazines under the bed, dusty glossies full of women with giant hair. And she realized then she missed her dad. And shivered.

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T 5700

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 3, 2012

He turned off the TV and said, I’m so bored, and she peeked at him from behind her book and said, Don’t look at me. But he was really bored.

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T 5699

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 3, 2012

And just by the sounds of her typing did he fall in love. And he approached her and then noted her laptop. I’m a Mac, he said, disappointed.

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T 5698

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 3, 2012

Now was the time for wit and grace. If things were to be salvaged. The high road. To prove something to her. You look like a toilet, he said.

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T 5697

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 3, 2012

She said, Bullshit! so aggressively I thought I’d fall out of my chair. She noted my startled expression. Say that again, I said. With love.

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T 5696

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 3, 2012

She pursued him. He said, I am no one important. You are to me, she replied. And then he said something heartless. Just to prove his point.

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T 5695

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 3, 2012

And I excused my lack of pretension. Kind of like a warning. Then I handed her the flower. That’s just divine, she squealed. I took it back.

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T 5694

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 3, 2012

He cooked all day. He wanted to impress her and she took in the spread and was touched. I’m going to pretend to like this, she said smiling.

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T 5693

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 3, 2012

He is a butcher. It’s what he does. The neighborhood ladies always ask him for the most exotic cuts of meat. But he can never satisfy them.

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T 5692

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 3, 2012

You are alone not lonely. I realize this as I watch you. Watch you read your books. Wash your dishes. I want to be alone with you. Let me in.

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