Twisters

T 5036

By Arjun Basu | Published: November 19, 2011

And then the dog licked his foot, and he woke and said, OK, and she opened her eyes and mumbled, Norwegian Wood, and he said, It’s your dog.

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T 5035

By Arjun Basu | Published: November 19, 2011

Consciousness came with a thud, and he knew the previous evening had been something and he noted the time and realized it was evening again.

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T 5034

By Arjun Basu | Published: November 19, 2011

That’s not a wet spot, that’s a wetlands, he says laughing, and she says, We’ve been together ever since. And the kids lose their appetites.

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T 5033

By Arjun Basu | Published: November 19, 2011

He opens the fridge and spies the leftover Chinese and he says, Eat healthy. But later, when she enters the kitchen, he says, I’m a failure.

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T 5032

By Arjun Basu | Published: November 19, 2011

The breeze shoots up to gust, and the day turns bleak and branches break and he holds her tight, gallantly perhaps, and he says, I’m scared.

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T 5031

By Arjun Basu | Published: November 19, 2011

He was late again and his wife said, Why? and he said, I was writing my blog, and she punched him so hard that he never wrote his blog again.

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T 5030

By Arjun Basu | Published: November 19, 2011

She caught his eye and he said, Let’s not do this, and she smiled a sad smile and shrugged and said, Let’s, and then she said, You’re fired.

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T 5029

By Arjun Basu | Published: November 19, 2011

He turned off the TV. Come here, he told her, but she did not move. He got up, slowly. I’m going to bed, he said. She turned the TV back on.

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T 5028

By Arjun Basu | Published: October 20, 2011

He was running from a cop and ran off a cliff and then cartoon physics took over and the cop said, Hang in there, and then gravity returned.

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T 5027

By Arjun Basu | Published: October 20, 2011

His belly rumbles and he says, At least I got something from that stupid movie, and then he runs to the toilet and she says, He got too much.

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