Twister 2195

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He takes the patient and makes her worse. His personality keeps him in business. He’s like a hammer on crooked nails. A sweet talking hammer

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Twister 2194

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He hummed a jaunty tune after they’d made love. She couldn’t leave his bed fast enough. That’s Amore! he sang. He’s not the one, she thought

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Twister 2193

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He had his assistant buy the lottery ticket. If I win you get a raise, he told her. If you win I’m going to kill you, the assistant thought.

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Twister 2192

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He built a house. He built it large, larger than he needed, but he was an optimist. Years later he purchased a condo. An angry, bitter condo

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Twister 2191

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

With the tension so high, and the meeting with the divinity students going nowhere, he decided to tell the joke about the agnostic dyslexic.

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Twister 2190

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They met in a bar, made out in the toilet and he touched her where it counts. Then he couldn’t stop sneezing. I’m allergic to cats, he said.

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Twister 2189

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

She writes a note on a Post It and sticks it to his computer while he’s out. And then dies a little when she sees his wife enter the office.

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Twister 2188

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Inside the store, the dogs ran wild amidst the couture. The critics bemoaned the obvious symbolism. The designer said, That’s the point man.

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Twister 2187

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

That was so beautiful, she said sarcastically. But he was kind of tone deaf. I have another Power Point presentation if you’d like, he said.

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Twister 2186

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He was sure the guy at the next table was the disgraced politician he saw on TV. Or maybe he dreamed the whole thing. Life was so difficult.

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