Tagged: Love (951)

Twister 1280

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Now he knows what love feels like. So he takes some antacid and that’s all she needs to know about him. You can’t stomach me, she says sadly

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Twister 1343

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They had grown old together, investing in a relationship that valued honesty. I don’t like it when you see a dog’s asshole, he said suddenly

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Twister 1419

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Her hair blew seductively in the breeze and when a gust came up he lost his reserve and he imagined happy things and he offered her a cookie

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Twister 1513

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The party was raucaus and he went to the bathroom and sat on the toilet and let it all out. Then the door opened and he met his future wife.

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Twister 1620

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They fell in love while hiking in Nova Scotia. But she had a thing about footwear. If you don’t wear shoes, I won’t suck your toes, he said.

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Twister 1732

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They go to a bar and he tells his friends, Tonight’s the night and they say, You always say that and then he says, cue the Lou Rawls. Again.

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Twister 1810

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He comes home burdened by gifts, by some proof of his undying love. She takes in the immense pile. And says, I don’t need anything from you.

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Twister 1910

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

She says, Come smell me. And he has to think about this because he has powerful fears. I’m a good man, he announces. And she rolls her eyes.

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Twister 2029

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He finds forced pageantry maudlin, a kind of packaged nostalgia flirting with sadness. I hate parades, he sings. She leaves him the next day

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Twister 2200

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He wakes and kisses her. He takes a shower. Upon his return to the room he finds a dog he doesn’t own. I was speaking figuratively, he says.

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