Why Oh Why?

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 19, 2011

I don’t know why I write. Not a clue. Why would anyone want to subject themselves to such an endeavor? It is hard work, it is not a pathway to riches, it can ruin you like a cold river on a blistery day. More people give up doing this every day and perhaps they are […]

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T 3923

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 15, 2011

He sneezed. I loathe cats, he sniffed. He knew if he wanted her he would have to accept her cats. And suffering was better than desperation.

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T 3922

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 15, 2011

Their touch revealed something magical; she felt love and their future and bliss. And he returned her smile and said, Wonder Twins activate!

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T 3921

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 15, 2011

The smell overpowered them and he said, Let me look it up on the Internet, and he did, and then he told her, I think it means we’re in love.

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T 3920

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 15, 2011

Deer. Doing something he hasn’t yet told the kids about. In front of his kids. They look at their father. Waiting. Her butt’s itchy, he says.

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T 3919

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 14, 2011

The coffee is awful and she admits she’s laced it with soy sauce. He wants these tests of his devotion to end. But he also needs to get laid.

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T 3918

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 14, 2011

The meal ends. And she gets wistful, a sadness from some place deep inside, and he asks what’s wrong and she thinks, I’ll miss your cooking.

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T 3917

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 14, 2011

Later he would apologize, with as much sincerity as he could muster. And that wasn’t very much. Because he had a reputation to protect. His.

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T 3916

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 14, 2011

Sunshine and a warm sensuous breeze. I’m taking my top off, she announces. At this point he’s pretty sure he’s getting lucky. Then it snows.

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T 3915

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 14, 2011

She says, I want an unthreatening loser, like the ones in TV commercials. That evening, a stranger buys her a cocktail. But he’s successful.

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