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Twister 488

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They assembled in the basement and awaited the word. Snot was wiped, pokes administered. And then, she spoke. And she said, no more cookies.

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Twister 660

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

After his parents’ death, he went up to the attic to sort through their affairs and found so many used sex toys that he threw up for a week.

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Twister 843

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He ran down the hallway. He regretted buying into a condo designed by a starchitect. Because the hallway was long. And he had to go real bad

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Twister 1050

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He was a successful man. Until he bought the swank condo. Which he called a descent into madness. And then he moved back in with his parents

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Twister 1361

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They danced and got sweaty and flirted and went back to his place and he fed his iguanas and she went home and he never heard from her again

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Twister 1488

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He heads to the bankruptcy sale hoping to pick up cheap stuff. I won’t be here when you get back, his wife says. No poetry today, he pleads.

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Twister 1667

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He promises her paradise and it becomes kids and a house in the suburbs and an affair with the neighbor. And she convinces herself it’s good

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Twister 1869

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The couch broke and he didn’t care. Nothing lasts forever, he said. But she took that as an insult. And he had to sleep on the broken couch.

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Twister 2106

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He was sure he’d seen polar bears in the yard and then he woke up and he shook his wife awake to tell her about his dream. She hit him hard.

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Twister 2473

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The house is quiet save for his labored breathing. He’s relieved she’s asleep finally. As he waits for the neighbors to start calling again.

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