Twisters

T 6218

By Arjun Basu | Published: February 11, 2013

The ancient man boards a bus and sits next to a past-her-prime-but-still-beautiful woman. She says, No small talk. And he proposes marriage.

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T 6217

By Arjun Basu | Published: February 11, 2013

And then I finally ordered my latte and the barista said, I’m an artist too, and she made a flower with the foam, and then I drank my coffee.

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T 6216

By Arjun Basu | Published: February 11, 2013

The roads converged somewhere near the horizon. That puts things in perspective, she said sincerely. And he realized it would be a long trip.

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T 6215

By Arjun Basu | Published: February 11, 2013

She caught me staring at her chest. She stopped arguing her case, and said, Excuse me. And I said, You win. Because it was true. I was lost.

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T 6214

By Arjun Basu | Published: February 11, 2013

We walked along the shore. Waves tickled our toes. In the distance, the bombs continued their endless destruction. Let’s have kids, she said.

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T 6213

By Arjun Basu | Published: February 11, 2013

You make that face like you’re sucking on a lemon, even though you once called me sweet, so long ago, before our love turned tart, or worse.

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T 6212

By Arjun Basu | Published: February 11, 2013

She did that thing again and I wallowed in my own gratitude. She was disgusted with herself. I was able to say, Thank you, for the last time.

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T 6211

By Arjun Basu | Published: February 11, 2013

The restaurant offends him. We’re so better than this, he thinks. I love someone else, she says. He fumes. Try the duck tartar, he suggests.

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T 6210

By Arjun Basu | Published: February 11, 2013

The unimaginable happens and they kiss. He keeps his eyes closed, waiting. Nothing happens. Normally this is when disaster strikes, he says.

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T 6209

By Arjun Basu | Published: February 11, 2013

He went to the beach. He was embarrassed by the shapelessness of his being. It was with mixed emotions that he greeted the oncoming tsunami.

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