Tagged: Family (813)

Twister 576

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The kid says yay I don’t have to do anything today. The dad says why not? The kid says my teacher said so. She said it’s the idles of March.

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Twister 658

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He’d drunk enough to feel unbalanced and sing songs in fake languages. So he peed on his wife’s flowers and said, I kind of meant to do that

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Twister 732

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

His parents were so repressed he grew up with odd ideas about sex. It didn’t stop him from marrying and raising more kids afraid of sausages

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Twister 799

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The women planned. They liked planning. So they did it. They spent days and weeks planning. They planned everything. And the men drank beer.

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Twister 908

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He groaned and it got the attention of the kid and the kid asked what he was doing to mom and then he got religion but the kid wasn’t buying

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Twister 998

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They were an old money family. They sat around on rattan chairs drowning in nostalgia. Their skin sagged awkwardly. The lawn needed cutting.

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Twister 1108

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He watched the baby ooze out of her. Along with other stuff. Months later, he can’t forget the sight. What’s your excuse this time? she asks

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Twister 1269

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

His family civilized him. He made love to his wife, he doted on the kids, he drank wine. And because he knew himself, he begged her to stay.

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Twister 1354

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The boredom was so profound it illuminated the room and the kids felt burnt by it. This is a new low, Frank said. I’ve been lower, Jack said

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Twister 1429

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Her parents were poor and could not afford braces to fix her overbite. Her husband would thank his in-laws if he could. But he knows not to.

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