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By Arjun Basu | Published: June 30, 2013

And then I felt a warmth in my pants, and then I smelled smoke, and then I was dancing the dance of the condemned, and then she walked away.

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By Arjun Basu | Published: June 30, 2013

We all heard it. The movie was boring and we craved entertainment. Our laughter took over. A pretty woman stood up. Yes it was me, she said.

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By Arjun Basu | Published: June 30, 2013

We sit down to eat and the food evokes strong memories. I can hear my mother singing. I feel her presence. This is a complicated meal, I say.

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By Arjun Basu | Published: June 30, 2013

I was shopping for socks and a salesman came up to me and said, These are quite lovely, and I said, I don’t care. I’d never felt more alive.

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By Arjun Basu | Published: June 30, 2013

She knew he was a chef and that’s why she asked him if he braised with soda and he said, That’s a good idea, and so she called him a foodie.

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By Arjun Basu | Published: June 30, 2013

You bite into a burger as a passel of joggers run by and one of them’s cute, but you’ve got juice on your chin and it’s a damned fine burger.

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By Arjun Basu | Published: June 30, 2013

The rain ended and we walked the wet pavement to the car. She called me stupid just as I realized I’d left my keys inside and she said, See?

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By Arjun Basu | Published: June 30, 2013

I sure can eat, I boasted as she took my empty plate, and she said, I bet you can, and she winked and I felt a twinge, but it was heartburn.

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By Arjun Basu | Published: June 30, 2013

She took my hand just as the batter hit a home run and I said, Look at that, but I fumbled for the right words because my team had just won.

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By Arjun Basu | Published: June 30, 2013

I wanted to say something. She noticed the look on my face and said, Don’t tell me how you feel. I returned to expressing myself physically.

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