Tagged: Family (813)

Twister 2504

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The bed is warm and he shifts and finds that perfect position. Not yet, he tells the kids. The world melts away. But not the morning glory.

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Twister 2626

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He drinks his beer and asks for another. The bartender obliges. This goes on for a while. He goes home. And finds the wife still pissed off.

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Twister 2763

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He listened as his parents argued. He knew it was bad. He understood anger. Afterward, he walked up to his dad. How small are you? he asked.

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Twister 2921

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The children played in the yard. He hugged her from behind and said, Let’s go! She sighed and said, Chicken or egg, it always ends the same.

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Twister 3103

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

A bald eagle swoops down and grabs the gerbil in its talons. He tries to comfort his boy. But he can’t explain the realities of geopolitics.

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Twister 3293

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

His mother’s call was the confirmation. She berated him, then professed undying love and invited him for dinner. She was making mac n cheese

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Twister 3447

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The kids laughed and laughed and his wife opened the door and he was amazingly embarrassed but, man, kids were so hard to please these days.

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Twister 3597

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

His kid said, What is that? and he said, Back hair, and his kid pointed elsewhere, and he said, There are good things about growing up, too.

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Twister 4

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

It’s the kid’s fault, he says. He says this with a conviction that surprises him. I know it is, she says. But you can’t do anything about it

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Twister 68

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

This happened in the backyard on a Sunday afternoon. Too many pina coladas. The shrinkage was an embarrassment. But not out of the ordinary.

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