Tagged: Food (993)

T 5765

By Arjun Basu | Published: August 11, 2012

She got in the car and said, Now what’s wrong? and he said, Your mother’s food always gives me gas, and then silence and then the inevitable.

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T 5742

By Arjun Basu | Published: August 11, 2012

They went for ice cream. He said, I don’t want you to analyze everything, and he ordered a soft double vanilla and she had to roll her eyes.

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T 5728

By Arjun Basu | Published: August 11, 2012

Birds scatter suddenly. A small dog barks. I ate a burrito, he apologizes. Your hands smell funny, she says. A black cat crosses their path.

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T 5702

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 3, 2012

He wants to kiss her because it’s the only thing that makes sense to him now, but he’s also just eaten a souvlaki and a kiss might kill her.

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T 5694

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 3, 2012

He cooked all day. He wanted to impress her and she took in the spread and was touched. I’m going to pretend to like this, she said smiling.

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T 5686

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 3, 2012

Day 1: They don’t leave the bed. Day 2: He ambles over the fridge. Day 3: He asks her to make breakfast. Day 4: She admits that she faked it.

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T 5684

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 3, 2012

I eyed the suit. In my hand, a donut oozed its fruity middle. If you eat any more you can’t wear that, my girlfriend said. She was so wrong.

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T 5679

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 3, 2012

He was wearing The tie. It was a signal, even if he didn’t know it. She wiped off her lipstick and put away the pearls. And ordered a pizza.

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T 5675

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 3, 2012

When she asked him why he had done what he’d done, he said, I want to taste the end of the world, and she said, That’s dumb, because it was.

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T 5669

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 3, 2012

I lost the ability to dream. I was left with hope, but my hopes were pedestrian, going no further than cheeseburgers. And then my wife left.

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