Tagged: Family (813)

Twister 2423

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The doctor blamed sodium for his blood pressure. He disagreed. He blamed his kids. Especially the one with the nose rings. He hated that one

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Twister 2550

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

She says, I met him on a conference call. Her dad says, Kids these days. She speaks about love. Marriage maybe. Was it a video call? he asks

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Twister 2698

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They weren’t happy any longer, though both were years from acknowledging it. And so they ate dinner in silence, both imagining lovelier days

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Twister 2875

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The elevator was rank. She entered and made a face and then stared at him with considerable loathing. Do you hate your mother? he asked her.

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Twister 3010

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He wonders if he’s ever been more irrelevant. And then a dog comes and pees on his leg. He laughs. Until he recognizes the dog as his kids’.

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Twister 3180

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They sat under a tree, dressed formally in ties. He told his stories. Anything longer than it is wide, he said. The children were sent home.

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Twister 3399

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The kids ran roughshod over breakfast and he turned to his wife and said, I’ve decided, and she bit into her toast and he called the doctor.

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Twister 3532

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The family went out for dinner in Chinatown. When the food arrived the 4-year old said, That’s authentic, bitches! and he lost TV privileges

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Twister 27

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

It was at these moments that he most remembered what his mother smelled like. Her perfume. He looks up and sees the ground fast approaching.

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Twister 124

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The kid woke early and often. The father put some brandy in the bottle and hoped no one noticed. But my mom did it to me, he told his wife.

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