Tagged: Family (813)

Twister 926

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They went to a bad motel. On the other side of town. And still their spouses found out. And they regretted not having gone to a better motel

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Twister 1026

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The kids run around the backyard naked, a Sally Mann photo come to life. But he can’t look. The nudity is too free. The little boys too big.

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Twister 1162

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

She mistakenly smiled her ‘mother smile’ and the bartender thought for a moment that she was retarded or something so he poured her a water.

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Twister 1305

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Sam is a bad lawyer. He refuses cases for moral reasons. He talks on the phone without billing. He’s also lousy in bed. But happily married.

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Twister 1379

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

How many times had he said he would leave finally? How many days had he just had it? How many nights had he made love to his wife? Not many.

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Twister 1451

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The kids cry for attention, the cacophony of domestic bliss. The father says, Not today. The kids are flummoxed. Oh fuck it, the father says

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Twister 1564

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Jones drives a little faster than he needs to. In his mind images of mud wrestling. In the backseat his son threatens to soil the upholstery

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Twister 1698

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Jim’s kid tells him not to drink milk out of the carton. It’s my prerogative as an adult, Jim says. Then I want a divorce dad, the kid says.

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Twister 1806

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He mows the lawn and comes inside and says, Life is pain. The kids ignore him. His wife goes out to play tennis. And then you die, he says.

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Twister 1986

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The boys climbed the tree to get closer to the stars. The little one got stuck and had to pee. So he peed. Right on his dad’s upturned head.

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