Twisters

T 4084

By Arjun Basu | Published: July 9, 2011

The ball thrown to his son. The miss, and the broken nose. Much commotion. Womanly outrage. A whispered promise. Male bonding over ice cream.

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T 4083

By Arjun Basu | Published: July 9, 2011

Your love smells like anger, she whispers. He punches the wall. Dust scatters. He’s too much the gentleman to say what her love smells like.

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T 4082

By Arjun Basu | Published: July 9, 2011

He complains about dry mouth and she kisses him deeply and then she says, Now about your breath, and he doesn’t know whether to smile or not.

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T 4081

By Arjun Basu | Published: July 9, 2011

The bottles stand empty. We’ve done overdone it, he says. Drunkenly mixing his accents. You don’t know who you are, she says with affection.

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T 4080

By Arjun Basu | Published: July 9, 2011

The short guy’s nicknamed Pylon and the tall guy’s nicknamed Python and the girls think they’re amazing and the guys want to kill them both.

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T 4079

By Arjun Basu | Published: July 9, 2011

Technology is so awesome, he thinks. He takes his wife’s hand. Look at me, she tells him. Our neighbor’s bikini is nicer than yours, he says.

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T 4078

By Arjun Basu | Published: July 9, 2011

These weren’t tweezers, they were pliers, and her fear rushed toward panic. I loved you! she wailed. Just hold still! he yelled, stubbornly.

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T 4077

By Arjun Basu | Published: July 9, 2011

He sat on the couch watching TV. The ladies in the dining room were talking about him. I’m not a conversation piece, he yelled. To laughter.

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T 4076

By Arjun Basu | Published: July 9, 2011

The British detective says, That’s bloody bloody! Everyone laughs, except the hard nosed cop from Detroit who wants to bloody Bloody Bloody.

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T 4075

By Arjun Basu | Published: July 9, 2011

He watches her in the yard, working the soil, her dirty hands. I dig you! he says and she manages a smile. She knows it’s the best he can do.

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