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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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Twister 3373

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He felt the sting from the blow and grimaced. His wife went from shock to bemusement and the mugger said, That’s some sex face, and ran away

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Twister 3493

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The air is lifeless and still. He wakes gasping. She stirs. He struggles out of bed and opens the window. You can’t handle my chili, he says

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Twister 554

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

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?

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Twister 715

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He thought about abandoning city life and moving to the country. Perhaps starting up an organic farm. Raising chickens. He thought about it.

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Twister 956

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

It wasn’t the most appropriate kind of housewarming gift. Nonetheless they did have a basement now. Room to store the mountain of bratwurst.

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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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