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Twister 1384

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

I’m walking around in my boxers and my mother asks, Did your penis get bigger? and my sisters giggle and my dad’s in the corner playing Lego

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Twister 1502

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He came home late once again. The family had already eaten. And he was afraid. He felt their wrath. it enveloped him like a Japanese condom.

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Twister 1716

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

When they built a glass partition down their middle of the bedroom she had insisted on frosted glass. Why? he asked. For the kids, she said.

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Twister 1919

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They stopped talking a long time ago. When their memories were not clouded by hate and pettiness. So he can’t tell her dinner was delicious.

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Twister 2289

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

I’m marooned, he cried and he wasn’t wrong. Yes, he was in his backyard with his wife and a pitcher of sangria. But he felt completely alone

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Twister 2501

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He eats sausages out of cans. The dogs run roughshod over the condo. The tattered furniture is unfashionable. I love cold sausages, he says.

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Twister 2656

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They sat around watching their fancy 3D TV. They munched on bruschetta and sipped a nice red from Tuscany. This still feels stupid, he said.

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Twister 2823

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The dinner sat forlorn and cold. The house was silent. He undid his tie and read a note. Your dinner’s cold, it said. She knew him too well.

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Twister 3082

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Boredom hit them gently, like an afterthought. He said, Let’s do something new. She said, So turn the tv off. He yawned and said, No really.

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Twister 3327

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The sun peaks through the curtains. He wakes up and brews the coffee. She’s feeling a blizzard of emotions. Outside, the day promises warmth

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