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Twister 1999

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Within the geology of his understanding, she could not pick her way to his true feelings. You’re so dense, she said. I like pie, he replied.

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Twister 2034

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He answers the door in his pajamas. The mailman is a woman. A beautiful one. She looks him over. They used to belong to my dad, he explains.

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Twister 2099

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The night had been an overwhelming success. A total triumph. He stood in front of the mirror, undressing. And then the insecurities returned

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Twister 2144

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The shirt was too large and to spite her he grew into it. Years later, after having suffered a heart attack he said, Wow, wasn’t that funny?

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Twister 2200

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He wakes and kisses her. He takes a shower. Upon his return to the room he finds a dog he doesn’t own. I was speaking figuratively, he says.

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Twister 2258

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He orders a hamburger. In the booth behind him, a retarded girl tells her father about a TV show. She didn’t get that show at all, he thinks

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Twister 2317

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He trudged home from work and opened a beer. His kids immediately besieged with news of their day. He looked at them and said, I don’t care.

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Twister 2355

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The fight spilled out of the bar, hairy men and unhairy men fighting and flailing about, delivering injury. And the ladies found their seats

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Twister 2400

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The sounds give them away. The cops shine a light down the alley, and she scrambles to cover herself up. But not him. He’s proud of himself.

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Twister 2443

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The mouse ran across the kitchen floor and he screamed. Later that night, he went to the bar and drank too much beer. I’ve failed, he cried.

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