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Twister 1253

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

And at the end of the day he took his gin and tonic into the dappled gold of the yard and kicked the soccer ball through the kitchen window.

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Twister 1437

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The family sits around the table eating bland food, watching television, ignoring their collective pain, shelving the truth.Thinking nothing

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Twister 1535

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

There was a commotion outside. Another car accident, he told her. She shrugged. It would help if you did that away from the window, he said.

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Twister 1800

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The house was on fire. He woke them up and hustled the family out of the house. Really, he whispered to his wife. Was I so awful last night?

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Twister 1940

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They eat figs and buy expensive shoes and laugh about global warming. And then they go home and have unsatisfying sex and watch TV and sulk.

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Twister 2378

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The neighbor goes jogging every morning with his massively big feet. My wife always comments on the size of his shoes. But my house is nicer

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Twister 2543

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He mows the lawn and plants the seeds and waters the grounds and he walks inside and tells his wife he wants to make some babies immediately

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Twister 2714

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

And when she said, We’re a team, he sighed and made a move toward the door, and said, We’re going to start talking about drapes, aren’t we.

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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 3124

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

She remembers a time when he wanted her more. Before they bought the puppy. The ugly car. The big screen TV. Before life had really started

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