Tagged: Home (473)

Twister 1612

The room is fragrant with the odor of bread. The TV blares. A woman sits crying on the sofa; she’ll never have what Oprah wants her to have.

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Twister 1829

This is the dispassionate debate between a couple well past their expiry date. An argument where no one cares and no one wins. About dishes.

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Twister 2034

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 2462

And then when he realized he worked for his lawnmower, and not the other way around, his resentment peaked. I want a condo, he told his wife

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Twister 2595

And so it begins again, and they march in, with condiments and frozen burgers. The wives drink cocktails. The men drink beer. And burn meat.

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Twister 2759

The dawn breaks, the sun rises, the lawns glisten. He bends down for the morning paper and his bathrobe opens. The entertainment never ends.

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Twister 3049

She dreams of cannons firing elephants over rain slicked roofs in a dystopian past, and she wakes and lifts the sheets to make sure he’s ok.

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Twister 3190

He came home and saw suitcases in the front hall, and she said, I’m just rearranging things, and he had to admit to a little disappointment.

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Twister 3430

He comes home and then his wife comes home. And he says, I look forward to making love on a regular basis, and they laugh and order a pizza.

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Twister 3537

The commotion took over the neighborhood and he realized he needed to explain himself. “I like my kids,” he said. “I just don’t like yours.”

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