Tagged: Family (813)

Twister 2065

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The father stares down the kids. Not one of you are my favorites, he shouts. The youngest one starts to cry. The oldest one says, Well, duh.

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Twister 2210

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

It started with a little lie, told to facilitate bedtime. And then the next lie was bigger. And then one day he told his son he was a woman.

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Twister 2297

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Afternoons spent sipping cocktails on a veranda overlooking azure waters. This is the dream he dreams before the kids run in to the bedroom.

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Twister 2409

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

She takes her shoes off. Get comfortable, he says. She goes to the washroom and leaves the door open and farts loudly. And he calls his mom.

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Twister 2529

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He does not see a problem with serving vodka with the omelet. Brunch is lunch with eggs, he says. And booze. But not for the kids, she says.

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Twister 2664

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The bird fell from the sky and landed at their feet. He wasn’t ready to teach his kids about death. So he told them the bird was just stupid

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Twister 2866

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He remembers sucking on lolipops, and the softness of his mother’s bosom. Memories that marked him. He tells his wife by way of explanation.

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Twister 2947

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

As she walked out on him she remembered her sixth birthday, when her father had yelled: You don’t deserve cake! This nursing home would do.

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Twister 3148

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He looks at her fingers and imagines her ugly toes and is reminded of his mother and her cutting words and he ends up ordering another beer.

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Twister 3385

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The boy poked the baby with a stick. Honey, don’t do that, his mom said, giggling. The baby didn’t move. The mother closed her bedroom door.

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