Twisters

T 3853

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 14, 2011

She asks him to repeat what he’s just said and he does. I have crabs, he says smiling, and she backs away slowly and so he eats alone again.

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T 3852

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 21, 2011

She was the loneliest vampire, unsatisfied with her so-called life. I’ve come to suck your blood, she told every cute guy as they raced away.

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T 3851

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 21, 2011

There is cake. And some joy. No. Lots of joy. What’s the celebration? he asks, confused. And his boss takes him aside. I fired you, he says.

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T 3850

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 21, 2011

He speaks with an implied arrogance, and she turns from him and sighs. Another guy sits next to her. What have you got? she asks, hopefully.

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T 3849

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 21, 2011

We walked through a wealthy neighborhood and she asked me a question and I yelled out the answer and she said, That’s why we don’t live here.

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T 3848

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 21, 2011

And it dawned on him that he lived in the shadows of love, in a place that was unreal and transient, and this made him feel more like a man.

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T 3847

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 21, 2011

The dude said something incomprehensible to everyone but the other dudes, and the only way the rest of us knew was because of the head nods.

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T 3846

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 21, 2011

The wind brought with it the smells from the town downriver and our superiority was once again affirmed and we danced naked and ate our crap

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T 3845

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 21, 2011

He wears his age around the middle. She enjoys squeezing his belly affectionately. Until he starts jogging. Then she squeezes something else

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T 3844

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 21, 2011

The dog came in and humped her leg. They stood there watching the dog perform its lewdness. Then it was done. And the relationship was over.

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