Tagged: Family (813)

Twister 261

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

There was a loud noise. And then another. The boy walked toward it, slowly. He opened a door. “Mommy, what are you doing to daddy?” he asked

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Twister 193

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

I can chew gum and do this at the same time, he says. My dad’s way bigger than your dad, he says. I can read to eleven! he says triumphantly

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Twister 451

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

There were discussions. Group huddles. Negotiations. Pleas. And then finally decisions were made. And Billy was allowed to borrow dad’s car.

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Twister 519

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He kissed her and then pulled away. What’s wrong, she asked. I’m married, he said. I know, she said. I don’t want to be that person, he said

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Twister 608

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The boy runs over to another boy and smacks him. His father asks him why he did it and he shrugs. He never does it again. Until he grows up.

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Twister 674

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The children ran underfoot, hither and yon. There were six of them and they were all his. He went to his wife finally and said, I hate kids.

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Twister 747

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He sat there trying to imagine something beyond hate. Because that’s what he felt. Especially if she was going to make him clean the toilets

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Twister 824

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The kid takes the black Sharpie and opens his mother’s bedside drawer and doodles all over her “happy stick”. So it “looks more like daddy.”

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Twister 926

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They went to a bad motel. On the other side of town. And still their spouses found out. And they regretted not having gone to a better motel

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Twister 1026

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The kids run around the backyard naked, a Sally Mann photo come to life. But he can’t look. The nudity is too free. The little boys too big.

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