He shuts down his laptop and sighs. And as he wonders whether he should call his family, he stares out the hotel window and dreams of flying
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Twister 3371
He surveyed his condo and felt too ancient to inhabit such a space and the irony found no purchase within his ego and he was, like, what if.
Twister 3490
His son plays X-Box singing The Final Countdown and his dad puts his book down because he knows his wife is about to say, Your kid not mine.
Twister 554
I’m staring at the wall. At the tiny cracks hiding under the layers of paint. Each stain with its own story. When is my show going to start?
Twister 715
He thought about abandoning city life and moving to the country. Perhaps starting up an organic farm. Raising chickens. He thought about it.
Twister 956
It wasn’t the most appropriate kind of housewarming gift. Nonetheless they did have a basement now. Room to store the mountain of bratwurst.
Twister 1253
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.
Twister 1437
The family sits around the table eating bland food, watching television, ignoring their collective pain, shelving the truth.Thinking nothing
Twister 1535
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.
Twister 1800
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?
