T 4038

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 24, 2011

He was a man with a firm handshake. Then he met a woman with a firmer handshake. He felt both jealousy and lust. And then he soiled himself.

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T 4037

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 24, 2011

The little girl walks up to him and says, Did you buy me a pony? He looks around and he says, Ponies don’t exist, and feels bigger than ever.

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T 4036

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 24, 2011

So then there were bees and the whole thing became a kind of living hell and then my mother in law farted and my hell got even more profound.

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T 4035

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 24, 2011

So? he asks as he sits down. So, his friend sighs. And then their boss walks in and says, So. That’s when they knew they had both been fired.

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T 4034

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 24, 2011

The clatter of children in the background, a soundtrack to remind him, to keep him honest. But when the kids are silent he dreams of freedom.

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T 4033

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 24, 2011

And then it was over. She said, You can’t be serious. He said, Stop saying that. And then she laughed and couldn’t wait to tell her friends.

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T 4032

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 24, 2011

At least you love me, he thought as he watched his dog sleep. And then for no reason the dog woke up, jumped into his lap, and bit his face.

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T 4031

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 24, 2011

Sunshine highlights the stain on her shirt and turns her mood to a surly mess. A guy says, It’s not much of a shirt. He never makes it home.

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T 4030

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 24, 2011

They fed swans in a pond fouled by plastic bags and used condoms. The sky was gray with industrial residue. I love your mother, he told her.

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T 4029

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 24, 2011

She came home late and he was as she left him, on the couch, and she sighed and he said, I’m a gamer not a lover, but she already knew that.

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