Twister 1924

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They stumble through the forest, lost, and then they find a well and they drink from it greedily. Until they stop and realize it’s Gatorade.

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Twister 1923

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

After dinner he offers to do the dishes and she says, That’s so cute and instead she leads him to the couch. My mother can do them, she says

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Twister 1922

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He hates the people he works with. He finds them bland. So he spends his days staring blankly at a computer screen, dreaming of better days.

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Twister 1921

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They read books at night now, and touch hands and share pithy phrases. Sometimes he makes tea. Remember when we used to watch porn? he asks.

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Twister 1920

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The drinks were consumed amidst copious laughter. And then nostalgia set in and the troubles began. The night ended in blood. And a lawsuit.

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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 1918

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

In the evening they light the fireplace, put on some soft jazz and play board games. He rolls the die. When did we become like this? he asks

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Twister 1917

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

1. She’s awkward with her fingers 2. It’s chess 3. I have a dangling mole 4. There’s love, fool 5. Sometimes the good ones lose the battles.

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Twister 1916

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The woman sitting next to my wife is hot, he thinks. In a way my wife isn’t, he thinks. I hate myself, he thinks, squeezing his wife’s hand.

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Twister 1915

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He is ashamed to visit the doctor. And his shame is compounded by her undeniable beauty. I’m growing hair in the wrong places, he tells her.

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