Twister 802

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

There were four couples and they took the cocktails out to the backyard and ate bbq. By the end of the evening there were only three couples

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Twister 801

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They went to the beach. His body embarrassed him and he wouldn’t leave the hotel. But she continued to order fried chicken from room service

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Twister 800

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Oh how they tried. They pushed and they pulled. They tried ropes. Heavy machinery. Bribes. And still he would not release the remote control

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Twister 799

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The women planned. They liked planning. So they did it. They spent days and weeks planning. They planned everything. And the men drank beer.

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Twister 798

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The argument ended badly but they weren’t going to bed until it was resolved. After day four they collapsed and so broke their cardinal rule

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Twister 797

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He sees the traffic but doesn’t quite comprehend it. The enormity of it. The cacophony of honking horns. I wish I was wearing pants, he says

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Twister 796

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They went shopping at Macy’s and ended up making out in kitchenware. Except that he didn’t like to cook. And she only wanted to be in linens

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Twister 795

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He farted and it was easily the worst smelling fart he’d ever made. And he knew, on some level, that he was paying for breaking up with her.

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Twister 794

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

And when he felt the warmth spreading down his pants he knew he was as far as he could be from his government job, from stupid public life.

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Twister 793

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They sat in the twilight reading books. Her foot stroked his. He put a grape to her mouth and she ate it. She was deathly allergic to grapes

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