Tagged: Family (813)

Twister 2525

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He had turned into a psychopath at work. At home his family life tumbled toward something unredeemable. I think I’m broken, he told his wife

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Twister 2657

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He cooked hoping to impress her. He chopped wood. He played the guitar. No matter what he did though, he would look like her father forever.

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Twister 2817

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The kids sang bad songs and ate hot dogs. Then a guy took his shirt off. Then a girl did too. Her father looked on. I don’t get it, he said.

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Twister 2935

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The kids play in the backyards, bubbling with laughter, shooting water pistols. Their fathers are busy in those same yards building fences.

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Twister 3144

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The kid comes home and utters a new word and the mother says, Where’d you learn that? and later that day she asks her husband what it means.

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Twister 3349

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

There was talk of his weight. Much discussion. Inquiries into his personal life. Questions about his diet. And then his mother said, Come in

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Twister 3491

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He stayed by the window waiting for her to come home. She’d been staying out late recently. He started crying. I’m becoming my mom, he said.

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Twister 3613

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

I just can’t live this way, he says. The children mill about, unconcerned. Someone announces something dreadful on TV. Me neither, she says.

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Twister 153

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He tells her he needs things she can’t give. She tells him to shut up and fix the stairs. You’re not listening, he says, searching for nails

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Twister 97

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The boy says, I want candy. You win some you dim sum, the dad says. That’s not appropriate dear, the mom says. Only look at me, the boy says

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