Twisters

And then she took a toke and said, Dude, and the dude said, I want a banana, and she said, You need a condom? and then she started giggling.

She was bound to leave him but when she did he still felt pain. It means you’re human, she said. It took him weeks to understand the insult.

The kids got drunk and the next day they wore their condition like puke-colored badges. Except Tony’s badge looked like pizza. It always did.

He couldn’t remember her. My memory fails me, he said. Like a prat. I give mine a D minus, she said before walking away. And he felt lonely.