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Twister 3461

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He cradles his beer with a forlorn familiarity. She comes up to the bar and orders a vodka gimlet. And he knows he will go home alone again.

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Twister 3518

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The bowling alley guy would smell the used shoes of the cute girls. Then he saw the perfect girl. He took her shoes home to show to his mom.

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Twister 3633

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He says thing like, On the precipice of memory, and this gets him a certain kind of gal but not the kind that does the things he likes to do

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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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Twister 142

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

It’s the failure that gets to him. Like when ranch chips don’t taste ranchy enough. That’s when he wants to find life’s money back guarantee

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Twister 90

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They noticed him when he dropped the bottle. A Large Dude swung and missed. And then a Swarthy Guy threw a roundhouse left. He was so happy.

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Twister 128

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He breaks things not because he’s sloppy but because he doesn’t care. He enjoys what his apathy does to his mother. He’s never forgiven her.

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Twister 124

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The kid woke early and often. The father put some brandy in the bottle and hoped no one noticed. But my mom did it to me, he told his wife.

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Twister 193

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

I can chew gum and do this at the same time, he says. My dad’s way bigger than your dad, he says. I can read to eleven! he says triumphantly

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Twister 226

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He sat on the stool and felt a prick and jumped up and found a thumbtack and looked for symbolism and found none and ordered a whisky, neat.

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