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By Arjun Basu | Published: August 8, 2011

She starts talking about her day and he says, I’m eating a sandwich here! and she stops and says, Is it ham? and she waits for him to finish.  

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T 4124

By Arjun Basu | Published: August 8, 2011

The boys stole a shopping cart and raced it down a hill and then were arrested. And years later they realized that’s when adulthood started.  

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T 4123

By Arjun Basu | Published: August 8, 2011

You’re empty inside, and unknowable, she says. I tell her I can’t be both. She asks me to leave. I pick up her kitten and walk out the door.  

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T 4122

By Arjun Basu | Published: August 8, 2011

This is where the sun sets, the place where good things end. Where love is immoral. He sighs. I take it all back, she says, rolling her eyes.  

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T 4121

By Arjun Basu | Published: August 8, 2011

He went for a jog and that was the first hint that he was lying. He returned an hour later. She gave him a look. And the truth was revealed.  

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T 4120

By Arjun Basu | Published: August 8, 2011

He needed smokes. He walked to the corner store. Engaged in banter. Bought some gum too. He went out for a beer. And then he felt inadequate  

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T 4119

By Arjun Basu | Published: August 8, 2011

They sat on the bed, their backs to each other, breathing heavily. I can’t look at you, she said. He found that funny. And soon, so did she.  

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T 4118

By Arjun Basu | Published: August 8, 2011

The newspaper lies scattered on the floor. The implied aftermath of a disagreeable moment. He shrugs. I just said your mom’s a pig, he says.  

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T 4117

By Arjun Basu | Published: August 8, 2011

The house smells of broken dreams. Of things never happening. What’s the opposite of this? a child asks. His father turns on the television.  

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T 4116

By Arjun Basu | Published: August 8, 2011

And then he said, That wasn’t easy, and he wiped his brow, and his wife said, You need more fiber in your diet, and he finally had to agree.  

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