Tagged: Family (813)

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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Twister 3515

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

She worries him. Because she turns him on but he thinks she looks like a boy. And he feels helpless and he blames his mother for everything.

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Twister 67

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

There were amber drinks and much consumption. Someone opened the door to the backyard. The rodents rushed in. And then Jack went for the gun

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Twister 134

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

She says, it was a dark and stormy night. He says, OK, so I have hemorrhoids. The challah burns in the toaster. On TV, Martha being perfect.

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Twister 201

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He looked at her toes and said, that’s an odd shade of red. The pool was empty and cold looking. Their kid poked at his grandpa with a stick

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Twister 261

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

There was a loud noise. And then another. The boy walked toward it, slowly. He opened a door. “Mommy, what are you doing to daddy?” he asked

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Twister 193

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

I can chew gum and do this at the same time, he says. My dad’s way bigger than your dad, he says. I can read to eleven! he says triumphantly

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