Twisters

Twisters 3706

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 15, 2011

Who does he admit this to? Who would not hear this and question his sanity? But his dog is talking to him. Really. Ever since the wife left.

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Twisters 3705

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 15, 2011

The shopping was endless and he’d had it but love kept him from saying anything untoward until he said, Your feet are bigger than I realized

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Twisters 3704

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 15, 2011

The weather changed. He turned to her and said, Like that. She ignored him because she knew he was in love with her. Like a pinball, he said

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Twisters 3703

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 15, 2011

He calls her therapist The Laxative because he feels shat on every time she goes. She says, Ew. He thinks she needs more work on her issues.

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Twisters 3702

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 15, 2011

You must be a plus size model, he says. He means it in the best way. But later that evening he sees there may never be a good way to say it.

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Twister 3701

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 15, 2011

The stream becomes a river becomes an ocean. Estuaries form. An ecosystem. He now realizes he may have overdone it. But the girls were cute.

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Twister 3700

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 15, 2011

He was the “big man on campus” but his girlfriend knew better and he would buy her anything to shut her up but he just wasn’t wealthy enough

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Twister 1109

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He wants to blame his inability to hit a curveball for his succession of failures. It makes life much easier. And so the circle begins anew.

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Twister 1125

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They were kids, touring the continent, sheltered from the hard realities of the world. And because of this they all came home with syphilis.

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Twister 1141

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He wakes up and pees and eats his cereal. He turns on the TV, flips the channels, turns it off. He picks his nose. I’m a lucky guy, he says.

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