T 5837

By Arjun Basu | Published: August 11, 2012

He stared at the blank tv. She put down her book. I’d like to join a cult, she said. Come rub my feet, he replied. And a crisis was averted.

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T 5836

By Arjun Basu | Published: August 11, 2012

A dark cloud of birds circle above. They think I’m dead, he thinks. And in some ways he is. He’s said it before. But only to his girlfriend.

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T 5835

By Arjun Basu | Published: August 11, 2012

We invited the new neighbors over and danced around the things they didn’t eat, and they left and we said, See you again, but not sincerely.

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T 5834

By Arjun Basu | Published: August 11, 2012

I woke up in a ditch. The sky was the color of blood. I was in so much pain my boots hurt. I heard a snake. The ditch was nice. For a ditch.

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T 5833

By Arjun Basu | Published: August 11, 2012

And when he woke, she was already getting dressed, and he said, We had sex, and then he said, Where are you going? and she said, We had sex.

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T 5832

By Arjun Basu | Published: August 11, 2012

He opens the door and there’s his ex. Are you going to hurt me? he asks. He’s joking. But then she slaps him. So that would be yes, he says.

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T 5831

By Arjun Basu | Published: August 11, 2012

I called her and I apologized. For what? she asked, genuinely surprised. This is awkward, I said. And I apologized again. And then she knew.

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T 5830

By Arjun Basu | Published: August 11, 2012

The family was enjoying a quiet dinner. Then the son said, I saw two cats fucking. Then the dinner wasn’t quiet. And wouldn’t be ever again.

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T 5829

By Arjun Basu | Published: August 11, 2012

The goon asked me what my problem was and I’m a happy guy I have no problems, and I told him and that didn’t satisfy him apparently. At all.

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T 5828

By Arjun Basu | Published: August 11, 2012

He went shopping with her and he said, I must love you a whole lot, and she said, It’s because of that thing I do, and he conceded the point.

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