Twisters

T 5296

By Arjun Basu | Published: January 30, 2012

The sunset hit a perfect purple. They noticed it at the same time, and then a breeze tickled her skin, and she returned to the task at hand.

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T 5295

By Arjun Basu | Published: January 30, 2012

He returns to the table. Sorry, he says, fixing his hair. He attacks his Eggs Benedict. A new waiter calls him Dude. The punches begin anew.

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T 5294

By Arjun Basu | Published: January 30, 2012

He came bearing gifts. He said, This one represents my love for you. She took it and said, I thought you told me your love was in your pants.

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T 5293

By Arjun Basu | Published: January 30, 2012

He was a defense analyst and had an accent she couldn’t place but when he talked of missiles her world closed in and she had dirty thoughts.

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T 5292

By Arjun Basu | Published: January 30, 2012

He said, Close your eyes, and she did and he gave her a pair of airplane tickets and she asked Why? Because you have sex with me, he replied.

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T 5291

By Arjun Basu | Published: January 30, 2012

It was last call. He said, I’m a vampire. And his date stood up and said, Sure. And walked out. Just not a very good one, he said to himself.

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T 5290

By Arjun Basu | Published: January 30, 2012

We discussed the possibility of murder, of committing it, and my friend stood and said, You’re sick, and later that night I was. I hate gin.

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T 5289

By Arjun Basu | Published: January 30, 2012

In him she saw eternity, her life as it could be lived. And he burped then, and asked for a beer, and she understood the elasticity of truth.

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T 5288

By Arjun Basu | Published: January 30, 2012

The meeting turns on a word. The CFO says, We need more profit. His underling says, I’d profit from a burger. The loner says, I’m a prophet.

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T 5287

By Arjun Basu | Published: January 30, 2012

The quarterback approached the magician’s daughter and said, I’ve had my eye on you. The magician’s daughter wanted to disappear right then.

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