Twisters

T 4044

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 24, 2011

Drinks. And then more. And then punches. And then a smoke and a roundtable discussion on the ancient Stoics. Then more drinks. Then punches.

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T 4043

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 24, 2011

By the time the evening came around, there was certainty to things, he thought so, and he said this with confidence and she stifled a laugh.

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T 4042

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 24, 2011

They ran. Behind them, beyond the receding horizon, something remembered. And they ran. Then, someone said, Why are we running? No one knew.

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T 4041

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 24, 2011

The kids arrive and everyone digs into the bounty at the table and he says, Let me tell you a story, and everyone groans. But no one leaves.

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T 4040

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 24, 2011

The wind whistling in empty bottles of wine. The onrush of clouds. The exploration of skin. I’m cold, she says. That’s my excuse, he replies.

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T 4039

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 24, 2011

And then, as she was sniffing a large head of cauliflower, he said, This is how much I love you. And she said, Can you believe these prices?

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T 4038

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 24, 2011

He was a man with a firm handshake. Then he met a woman with a firmer handshake. He felt both jealousy and lust. And then he soiled himself.

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T 4037

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 24, 2011

The little girl walks up to him and says, Did you buy me a pony? He looks around and he says, Ponies don’t exist, and feels bigger than ever.

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T 4036

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 24, 2011

So then there were bees and the whole thing became a kind of living hell and then my mother in law farted and my hell got even more profound.

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T 4035

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 24, 2011

So? he asks as he sits down. So, his friend sighs. And then their boss walks in and says, So. That’s when they knew they had both been fired.

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