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Twister 2803

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He knew he looked stupid in his bike shorts. And she knew that he knew. And he knew that she knew that he knew. That was his story at least.

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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 3012

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

I told her I’d take the bus and she said something disparaging about public transit and hung up. Then I went out and chopped down some trees

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Twister 3131

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They finished up their dinner and then she stared into his eyes. To the point where he got uncomfortable. I need to make a joke, he thought.

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Twister 3287

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He admitted to missing her, and it was true in a fashion, but what he really missed was her corned beef hash, and he knew that made him bad.

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Twister 3391

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The air pressure drops. My knee needs a rub, he says. But she does not want to rub anything and she says so and he curses the weather again.

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Twister 3462

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

She caresses his scar. She kisses it. Rubs her cheek on it. A line on his skin evoking sympathy. Love. Lust. Best bar fight ever, he thinks.

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Twister 3520

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

I dreamed we got married, she tells him over the phone. He sighs and opens his beer and turns on the TV. Dreams are overrated, he tells her.

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Twister 3640

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The stream becomes a river becomes an ocean. Estuaries form. An ecosystem. He now realizes he may have overdone it. But the girls were cute.

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Twister 66

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The beer tasted fresher, though he had no idea what that meant. I didn’t pee in it this time, said the brewmaster. That’s generous, he said.

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