Twisters

T 5005

He answers the phone reluctantly. She asks, What are you doing? I’m writing a love song and you’re interrupting me, he says. So that’s that.

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T 5004

He watched the rise of the waters. Soon the river would lick his house. He missed his wife. Without her, there was no point in being a hero.

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T 5003

The first time she said “Let’s go,” he misheard and he let go of her hand. The second time she said “Let’s go”, she said it to someone else.

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T 5002

Their conversation proceeded from lusty flirtations to complaints about the world, and hours later they knew they’d be growing old together.

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T 5001

He says, I’m a dog person, and she says, Don’t smell me, and he doesn’t find that funny, but then he smells her, and now he understands her.

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T 5000

The sandwiches smelled funny, as did the washrooms. This is the worst conference ever, the professor sighed. He ate another sandwich anyway.

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T 4999

My husband’s damaged goods, she says and she finishes her drink, and he says, I’m damaged goods too. She orders another drink and says, Men.

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T 4998

The crowd gathers and when they see him, the screaming and adoration, and he smiles warmly but inside he feels a fraud, and dies a bit more.

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T 4997

She thought he was cute until he said, I work in advertising. And then she walked back to her girlfriends and said, He works in advertising.

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T 4996

A lifetime spent fishing. He couldn’t wash off the stink. And his body hurt, but he kept at it. Because his wife was never a morning person.

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