T 6053

By Arjun Basu | Published: December 5, 2012

We sat around waiting for the taxi and I said I was bored and my wife said that showed a lack of imagination and I had nothing to say to her.

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T 6052

By Arjun Basu | Published: December 5, 2012

I bought the guys a round, and then I told them the truth. She only eats chicken burgers, I announced. I didn’t have to buy any more rounds.

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T 6051

By Arjun Basu | Published: December 5, 2012

The house smells like roasted meat and he says, What are you cooking? and she says, The last meal you’ll ever eat, and he laughs. Awkwardly.

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T 6050

By Arjun Basu | Published: December 5, 2012

I went to the restaurant. The maitre d looked me over and grimaced. He said, You don’t have a reservation. And I said, But I have a coupon.

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T 6049

By Arjun Basu | Published: December 5, 2012

We climbed the hill and we made love on top of it and then our moment of joy showed up on Google Maps and we both got in to a lot of trouble.

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T 6048

By Arjun Basu | Published: December 5, 2012

She opens the door. He stands there, wet and miserable. Alone. The rain pounds her lawn. Hi, he says, meekly. What a bleak day, she replies.

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T 6047

By Arjun Basu | Published: December 5, 2012

The comedian walks up on stage and says, Laugh at my pain. Someone yells, Refund! The comedian says, Story of my life. That one always kills.

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T 6046

By Arjun Basu | Published: December 5, 2012

The kids screamed through the museum and I watched them delight in their ignorance of art and I joined them and was kicked out of the place.

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T 6045

By Arjun Basu | Published: December 5, 2012

I woke and opened the blinds and my neighbor gave me a thumbs up and I closed the blinds, and put the house up for sale, and moved far away.

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T 6044

By Arjun Basu | Published: December 5, 2012

We sat around watching television. Why can’t we do that? I asked. We live in a small town, I was told. And we sat around watching television.

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