Twisters

Twister 3715

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 15, 2011

The car had been giving him some problems, and when it lurched he said, Did you feel that? and she said, I didn’t feel it last night either.

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Twister 3714

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 15, 2011

He ran home and said, Look at all these free bananas, and she said, But we hate bananas, and he looked confused and said, But they were free

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Twister 3713

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 15, 2011

He could tell she had been beautiful once, before the rot had set inside of her. Have kids? he asked. She didn’t answer. There was no point.

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Twister 3712

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 15, 2011

The wind came up. She held on to her skirt. He said, Hold my hand. She said, Very funny. He patted her ass. And their kids were grossed out.

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Twister 3712

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 15, 2011

She jogs right into the guy smoking a butt. Attraction. And revulsion. I’m going to hate myself, she says. Then we’ll get along, he replies.

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Twister 3711

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 15, 2011

He opened the door and she walked in and said, Your place smells like a day old porn set. And he wondered whether she was using a euphemism.

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Twister 3710

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 15, 2011

And then they sat to watch television except no one really watched. This is like sitting around a fireplace, the kid said. And he was right.

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Twister 3709

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 15, 2011

We watched the young women dressed in red dresses, flaunting impending power, the world and how they’d shape it, and we felt old and thirsty

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Twisters 3708

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 15, 2011

They had walked for so long. He was thirsty. My leg hurts, he complained. This was his fault. Shut up or I’ll punch the other one, she said.

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Twisters 3707

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 15, 2011

He trudges the family to the photo studio at the department store. The photographer asks them everyone to smile. But that isn’t their style.

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