Tagged: Pets (140)

Twister 3130

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He packed his bags. She woke and said, Why? I can’t compete with your kittens, he replied. And she knew he was right. The kittens were cute.

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Twister 573

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The dog found a mouse in the yard and ate it. I’ve been meaning to trim the bushes, he says. The neighbor laughs. Not those bushes, he says.

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Twister 1209

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He wants his life to be like those ads with a light jazz soundtrack and smart shoes and canapés. As he bends down to clean up after the dog.

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Twister 1771

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The neighbors’ dogs would not stop barking. They do this every time, he says. Try and ignore them, she says. How they do they know? he asks.

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Twister 2527

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The microwave beeped. She ran into the kitchen and slipped on the dog’s latest mistake. I just want my popcorn, she thinks, immobile. Alone.

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Twister 3152

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He was tired, weary even, and then the dog came and sat down and licked him. Stop needing me, he told the animal. Then it licked him again

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Twister 89

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

And that was the beginning of it. The dogs barked with abandon. The cats went at the drapes. The earth opened up and then there were parties

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Twister 585

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

It’s not real. He says this over and over but every time he opens his eyes, he sees a dog with blue teeth. This diet is killing me, he says.

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Twister 1226

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The house smelled like cheese. Everyone noticed it. Even the dog. And they searched the source of the smell. While Al quickly took a shower.

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Twister 1782

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

And then he sits at the piano and plays a dirge so sad the dog hurls itself into the fireplace. That is so unnecessary, she says. He shrugs.

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