Tagged: Family (813)

Twister 77

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

It wasn’t the dress that had him falling in love. And it wasn’t the way she laughed. It was the bits of wedding cake that covered her shoes.

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Twister 172

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They bought her a pony and thought that would be enough. What’s it going to eat? she asked. There’s pizza in the fridge, dad said. And sushi

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Twister 247

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

It’s a zoo in here, Jill tells her son. I feel like an elephant, he says. My trunk hurts. Jill gets a drink, trying to decode the euphemism.

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Twister 47

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They hated the cold but work took them to northern Alaska. It could be a lot worse, he said. No but it will be, she said. She was sure of it

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Twister 426

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

When he grows up he wants to race NASCAR. His father says he’ll never buy him a car. I’m not you, he says. So you’re happy? his father says.

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Twister 508

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The bucolic lawn. Gin tonics on the patio. A koi pond. Ethnic bbq. Polo shirts and floral print dresses. The men dreaming of wife swapping.

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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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