Twisters

Twister 3090

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The pen goes. He thinks about impossible things. Violent imagery dances in his head. Thoughts of vengeance. He picks up the pen. And resigns

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Twister 3106

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Jim yells, Roadtrip! and Vera gets up and he says, Psych! and then he says, I just want a burger bad, and she throws him the car keys. Hard.

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Twister 3122

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Waves crash at a safe distance. Cold foamy water washes over their feet. She sighs, taking it in. You totally need a pedicure, he tells her.

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Twister 3138

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

She stood up and picked up her shirt and buttoned up and looked at him. He smiled. You make me hungrier, she said. But that was a bad thing.

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Twister 3154

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

This guy’s going on about how his wife is a member of Mensa and I say, If she’s so smart, and I don’t finish because he pulls down his pants

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Twister 3170

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

She sat him down, and told him she was leaving him. I know, he said. And she got up and opened the door and left. He always knew everything.

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Twister 3186

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The flight was delayed again. He sat at the bar listening to stories from around the world. Mute with the reality he had no stories to tell.

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Twister 3202

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The line stretched toward the infinite and he’d drunk too much coffee and now a hot dog vendor arrived and soon the mess would attract media

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Twister 3218

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The self absorbed couple fall into bed and grope and lick and kiss and then after a while he says, Pay more attention to me, and she doesn’t

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Twister 3234

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He thought about his date while taking a shower until he ran out of hot water. Then he got out of the shower. And felt an awful lot of shame

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