T 3818

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 15, 2011

The water was gray and cold and they stood on the dock, hesitantly, and she said, Let’s make this mean something, and then he pushed her in.

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T 3817

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 15, 2011

When she realized he wasn’t going to shut up she said, Are you done? And he lost his train of thought. Because he had a lot of flaws to list.

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T 3816

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 15, 2011

This is their life, on display at the yard sale, broken objects scattered across a dying lawn. A man comes looking for glue. They both laugh

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T 3815

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 15, 2011

They told secrets and used the power of those secrets as currency. And some got rich and some became poor. And some got punched in the nose.

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T 3814

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 15, 2011

The boy fell down and his father said, Get up now, and the boy cried, Feel my pain! and the father saw a magnificent future for his only son

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T 3813

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 15, 2011

Last call at the bar. She looks at him and sighs and leans over and puts her head on his shoulder and says, You smell as desperate as I feel

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T 3812

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 15, 2011

A dark, quiet house. The lovemaking is cathartic. Messy. He rolls off her and lets out a long breath. I’m happy we don’t have kids, he says.

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T 3811

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 15, 2011

He took a pull off a beer on the wrong side of warm and she was speaking of the true meaning of love and he just wanted his beer to be cold.

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T 3810

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 15, 2011

They complained of boredom and this guy overheard them and said, Boredom is a sign of stupidity, and they looked at each other and shot him.

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T 3809

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 15, 2011

The leg was broken. The x-rays confirmed it. She held his hand as he waited for the plaster to harden. He smiled. I love new things, he said

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