Twisters

T 4205

That couple, arguing about whether or not their dinner constitutes a date, have no future. My wife of many years thinks they do. So we argue.

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T 4204

The trees whispered in the wind. Dusk would soon be upon the forest. He had to admit he was frightened. But the store had run out of butter.

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T 4203

The chambermaid says, Where are you from? But she doesn’t realize how complicated her question is for him. He smiles. I have to go, he says.

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T 4202

He called his mother. I’m in love, he told her. She’s no good for you, his mother said. And then she screamed into the phone like a banshee.

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T 4201

Her ankles embarrassed her. They were on the fat side. She hid them under long pants. She tripped on the street. And fell in front of a bus.

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T 4200

I was her gardener. She said, That feels funny to me. And I said, Not as funny as this feels. And then for no reason she put her clothes on.

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T 4199

The waitress says, You don’t deserve our martini wearing those shoes, and he takes them off and says, What about now? but she’s already dead.

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T 4198

She wakes to find his side of the bed cold. She spies him on the sofa, zipper undone. He stirs. I discovered something about myself, he says.

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T 4197

The animals stopped performing. Like they were on strike. The crowd demanded refunds. Then it rained. And the lions ordered falafel for all.

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T 4196

The hill was oddly steep and he tumbled down it, accelerating, and then the sun came out and the world went on without him and that was that.

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