Twisters

T 6358

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 16, 2013

She came into the room, toweling her wet hair. You hurt my face, she told me. I felt for whiskers but had none. Why do you hate me? I asked.

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T 6357

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 16, 2013

She was young and he’d wondered if perhaps she was a bit too young. But then she said, Gosh you’re tiny! and her wisdom was revealed to him.

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T 6356

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 16, 2013

They go on vacation to a sunny place. To celebrate what has been endured, and what is not yet lost. We look awful in bathing suits, he sighs.

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T 6355

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 16, 2013

As darkness falls, he feels the urge to unspool the truth, so she can see him whole, and he says, I just joined the Cheese-of-the-Month Club.

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T 6354

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 16, 2013

She charms me with her shyness. You should see her when she drinks, I’m told. So I buy her a drink. And another. And later, she laughs at me.

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T 6353

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 16, 2013

I built up the courage to tell her she drove me crazy. She cooed, and kissed me. I mean you give me mental health issues, I said, twitching.

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T 6352

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 16, 2013

I studied my face in the mirror. My fat face. I have a fat fuckin face, I said with disgust. And my wife squeezed my cheek. You do, she said.

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T 6351

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 16, 2013

I called her again, and she said no to me again, and then I called my father and asked, When are things hopeless? and he said, At the start.

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T 6350

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 16, 2013

We met at the park. We watched our children play, and we talked. Which led to flirtation. My kids are already disappointed in me, she said.

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T 6349

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 16, 2013

The bar smells like loss. He seeks out someone to make him feel alive. He thinks he’s found her. She says, I gave up. And he keeps searching.

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