Twisters

Twister 2402

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The news on the radio. Runaway school buses and distant explosions. She turns the volume to low and wakes him. Now, where were we? she says.

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Twister 2418

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The ladies gather to drink wine. And complain about love. They work themselves into a frenzy. The media is at a loss to explain the carnage.

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Twister 2434

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

After he finished the pie, he said, I missed you. No, you missed my pie, she said. And though he feigned hurt he had to admit she was right.

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Twister 2450

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Joe admitted he was delusional during the job interview and the HR lady asked how and he said, I think everyone loves me, and then he cried.

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Twister 2466

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They heard the yell. It was sharp and panic stricken and they ran in its direction. It had been Jones. I was just checking, he said, smugly.

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Twister 2482

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The date was going well until he said “heat seeking moisture missile” and then it deteriorated to the point where he woke up in the hospital

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Twister 2498

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He’d wanted to eat the dry sausage like he’d seen those old European men do it. That’s what he’d told the doctor. But she didn’t believe him

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Twister 2515

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He lay on his deathbed. I always loved you, he whispered to her. She kissed him. You used to smell so much nicer, she said. And then he died

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Twister 2531

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He returns home from work to find the family’s moved out. He walks the empty house. He pours a drink. I wonder what it took? he asks himself

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Twister 2547

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He tells her he loves her and he takes her to dinner and later he tells her he loves her again and at the end of the evening she says, Ouch.

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