Twisters

T 5939

By Arjun Basu | Published: October 16, 2012

She feeds him big grapes under the tree. He says, Did you like the necklace? She says, I returned it. Then a bird poops into his open mouth.

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T 5938

By Arjun Basu | Published: October 16, 2012

You’re like sunshine after rain, she says, and he thinks, and says, You’re like ass surgery, and she knows he means “uplifting,” so it’s ok.

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T 5937

By Arjun Basu | Published: October 16, 2012

When we were kids we hung around in dark basements, smoking dope, lost in giggles. And we turned out alright, I laugh. To a wall of silence.

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T 5936

By Arjun Basu | Published: October 16, 2012

The sun is glorious. He calls and says, What are you doing? She stares into the sun until she can’t see. I’m slowly going blind, she replies.

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T 5935

By Arjun Basu | Published: October 16, 2012

A lust deadened by soup. This is inedible, he thinks. And as he studies the shape of her breasts, he shamefully realizes that he’s a foodie.

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T 5934

By Arjun Basu | Published: October 16, 2012

Yoga class was out, and he hung in front of the studio looking for a girl. He called out, Tickle my kundalini! but none of them fell for it.

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T 5933

By Arjun Basu | Published: October 16, 2012

The truth oozed out of him like cold honey. Then he finally said yes, and she got even angrier, and he decided to never tell the truth again.

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T 5932

By Arjun Basu | Published: October 16, 2012

The meeting room was tense. Insults were ready to be thrown about. Then he stood up and told a joke. That was supposed to be funny, he said.

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T 5931

By Arjun Basu | Published: October 16, 2012

We heard the shouts. The clamor. The cries of a love gone wrong. But next morning we saw them kiss. And realized we’d heard love done right.

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T 5930

By Arjun Basu | Published: October 16, 2012

I watched my son at play and the past met the future and I fell down and he asked me if I was alright and I held him and said, Get me a beer.

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