Twisters

T 5499

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 1, 2012

He came home, his arm in a cast, and his daughter asked, What happened to your arm? and he said, I’d rather not say. While his wife blushed.

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T 5498

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 1, 2012

He stopped sprinting around the track when he noticed her dress. I’m fast, he told her. That doesn’t turn me on, she said, only half joking.

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T 5497

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 1, 2012

She said, What’s wrong? and he said, I’m flummoxed by your beauty, and she replied, You’re kind of a nerd, and they lived happily ever after.

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T 5496

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 1, 2012

I stole a thing. The chase. Four towns. Don’t shoot. Shots ring out. The reconciliation with my long lost mother. The judge. Jail. Lessons.

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T 5495

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 1, 2012

The water is cold. Both of them feel it. Here come the excuses, she teases lovingly. He kisses her. And that night, he suffers awful dreams.

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T 5494

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 1, 2012

Sure, you bemoaned my shortcomings, even though I was complimented after the video went viral. You called me a liar. But you loved my tacos.

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T 5493

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 1, 2012

He sneezed and liquids exploded outwards and the meeting came to a halt. No one offered a tissue. You’re heartless, he said. Everyone agreed.

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T 5492

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 1, 2012

They watched their kids play in the yard. She put her hand on his ass. I have many regrets right now, he said. She understood what he meant.

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T 5491

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 1, 2012

The bird swooped down and stole his donut and he stood and waved his fist at the injustice of it. Then he went inside and got another donut.

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T 5490

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 1, 2012

He adjusts his tie and says, You can be lonely in a roomful of people, and she says, I said alone, and he thinks and says, That doesn’t work.

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