Twister 2285

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Six ducks come waddling in to the house. But the show on TV is too compelling. No one even notices the birds. Except Jim. He’s awful hungry.

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Twister 2284

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He says, This carpet makes me sick. She says, Close your eyes then. He says, Let’s get on the bed. She says, You and your heightened design.

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Twister 2283

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Parker tells his parents and his mother is thrilled; she’s longed to hear her son announce his marriage. His father downs a shot of whiskey.

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Twister 2282

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They all felt listless, the heat upon them like cartoon anvils. He struggled to get up and he did. Don’t go near the thermostat, she hissed.

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Twister 2281

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

And she fell in love with him, even though his face looked like it was decomposing. But she had long ago thought that love smelled like fish

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Twister 2280

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They wake up and she makes a face when she sees him. He says, Was it that bad? She ignores him. So I’m emotionally stunted kind of, he says.

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Twister 2279

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

At the end of the lecture, the French anthropologist was approached by a tall woman with acne, making him rethink his theories on sexuality.

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Twister 2278

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He studied the photos and felt the totality of his loss. He wanted to cry but it didn’t feel manly. I’ll never own a cat again, he lamented.

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Twister 2277

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He got in the car and drove, without direction, just drove, because it was all he wanted. And then he hit a bear. And he didn’t feel so hot.

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Twister 2276

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

It was something he’d studied. The poetic sighs. The cultivated melancholy advertising loneliness. She wasn’t buying it. And made him laugh.

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