T 5608

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 8, 2012

I asked for a plastic bag and the girl behind the cash gave me a dirty look. I have a dog, I explained. It was obvious she was a cat person.

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T 5607

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 8, 2012

He sits and sits. And waits. Then it grows dark. And he sits. And a child flips on the light. I was waiting for someone to do that, he says.

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T 5606

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 8, 2012

He falls down on and springs back to his feet and looks at her. I told you I’ve never found you funny, she says. But he doesn’t believe her.

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T 5605

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 8, 2012

My father said, I totaled the car. I could see the remorse written on his face. And I said, Boomers ruin everything.

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T 5604

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 8, 2012

I smell goat cheese, she said, knowing he hated cheese. I smell it on you, she cried. She sniffed his face. And then she knew. And she left.

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T 5603

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 8, 2012

They fall on to the couch and it breaks and he feels the back pain again and she has to stifle a giggle. My wife’s going to kill me, he says.

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T 5602

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 8, 2012

I hated the hit song and it gave me hives and then it became her favorite song and I told her she didn’t love me and she hummed it some more.

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T 5601

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 8, 2012

He says, Dude’s so epic death won’t diminish him. She says, I want to have his child. And then the man-child finished the steak. And burped.

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T 5600

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 8, 2012

The paleontologist dusts the day’s work off his clothes. His wife picks up a suitcase and says, I’m leaving. Nothing lasts forever, he sighs.

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T 5599

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 8, 2012

I told a joke. I didn’t find it funny but my date did and she laughed so hard her beer came out her nose. Yummy, she said. I wasn’t so sure.

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