T 3933

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 19, 2011

He had a headache. The kids wouldn’t stop with their inane questions. He said, Take my laptop and go. Soon the kids had even more questions.

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T 3932

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 19, 2011

He sees her across the street and his life changes. She’s everything he’s ever imagined. He waits for the light to turn green. It never does.

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T 3931

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 19, 2011

He’s going to go for a walk. I’m going for a walk, he announces. But there is no one home to hear him. And so the walk seems almost useless.

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T 3930

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 19, 2011

It’s a large boat and he hopes she notices, and she does and she says, It’s a large boat, and he swells with pride and she notices that too.

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T 3929

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 19, 2011

There he is again staring lovingly at his silly goldfish. She wants to tell him what he can do with them. But his response is bound to hurt.

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T 3928

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 19, 2011

It was too much house. They both knew it. But they were dazzled by the thing. He saw possibilities. So did she. But they were different ones.

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T 3927

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 19, 2011

Then he said, You’re far sexier when you keep your mouth shut, and she ran crying and then some goons beat him up. Her father was a dentist.

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T 3926

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 19, 2011

The bill paid, he stands and watches as she remains seated. I just paid, he says. She knows. I don’t know what you expect from me, she says.

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T 3925

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 19, 2011

He loved things that were bad for him. Like butter and skydiving and cigarettes. Then he met his daughter’s best friend. I love you, he said.

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T 3924

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 19, 2011

He looks up the cliff. I can do this, he thinks. All the self-help and seminars are coming together here. He starts the climb. And he falls.

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