Twisters

T 4246

By Arjun Basu | Published: September 10, 2011

They are aglow. Breathless. What do you love? she asks. I love Chinese food, he says. I know that, she says. He had no idea she was Chinese.

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T 4245

By Arjun Basu | Published: September 10, 2011

He’s trying to teach his son about hard work. Above them, birds fly effortlessly riding the updrafts. I’m never going to flap, the son says.

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T 4244

By Arjun Basu | Published: September 10, 2011

Another late party in the neighbors’ yard. Drunken happiness causing bitterness. Convulsions. I need a gun, he thought. He thought it often.

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T 4243

By Arjun Basu | Published: August 24, 2011

She caught me staring at her camel toe. I pretended to chew my nails. She looked me up and down and walked away. And I called her a bad name.

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T 4242

By Arjun Basu | Published: August 24, 2011

I held her and she said, Your friend is cute. I left and went home and ate cold pizza and seethed privately but my friend is cute. It’s true.

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T 4241

By Arjun Basu | Published: August 24, 2011

And then he turned over and said, I want a happy ending, and she picked up a knife and said, For you or for me? and then he turned back over.

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T 4240

By Arjun Basu | Published: August 24, 2011

The gangster leaned over her and smiled a victory smile. Even the Queen of England farts, he sneered. And then she farted. And he liked that.

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T 4239

By Arjun Basu | Published: August 24, 2011

He could not understand how they made money. And he would never understand it. That’s why he tried to invent a rocket. But it became a bomb.

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T 4238

By Arjun Basu | Published: August 24, 2011

Over the weeks his agitation grew and grew until he was no longer capable of civility. What’s the deal with figs? he’d yell, ignored by all.

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T 4237

By Arjun Basu | Published: August 24, 2011

They are both sated, completely, but it’s never enough, and so when they spot the chocolate cake, they both lunge. They don’t want to share.

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