Twister 1473

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He says, I really want to go in there and get a pizza but I can’t, not in this suit. And she reaches into his mouth and rips his tongue out.

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Twister 1472

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They are afraid of the answers so they don’t ask questions. And so they sit there mute, dreaming of connection. And ketchup for their fries.

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Twister 1471

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Her jeans were too tight and her ass looked like melted marshmallows. That’s what he said. But your breath could kill children, she replied.

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Twister 1470

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Long before it is decent, the workers next door start their noise. Their work. Jim would say something but he can’t get out of bed right now

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Twister 1469

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The day sparkles with the shine of his contentment and it remains that way until his wife says, Let’s go the museum. And then darkness falls

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Twister 1468

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He says, Don’t touch the speakers and she laughs and he says, Don’t touch the speakers and she says, You’re serious and he leaves the house.

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Twister 1467

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He complained about the dog and the neighbor said “sue me” and he said “C’mon” and built a squadron of cannons instead. It just felt better.

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Twister 1466

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Jim wore the pinky ring on a lark but then found himself kidnapped by some guy with foul cologne who kept offering him crappy meatball subs.

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Twister 1465

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

She came downstairs and said “oh” and he took a pull of his beer and said “yup” and then the thing happened that changed their lives forever

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Twister 1464

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The office is empty. The hum of the lights is gone, replaced by the silence of nothingness, of a once full void. Until he yells like Tarzan.

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