Tagged: Food (993)

T 5256

By Arjun Basu | Published: February 20, 2012

Theirs was a food court romance. A flirtation around cheap chow mein. Sip your soda again, he’d tell her. As she caressed his leg with hers.

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T 5245

By Arjun Basu | Published: February 20, 2012

He opened the fridge and studied it. All we have is smelly cheese, he told her. We don’t even have that, she told him. He was sad to hear it.

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T 5244

By Arjun Basu | Published: February 20, 2012

He made tacos and chilled an Alsatian reisling and was surprised by her apparent disappointment. Tacos aren’t trendy anymore, she said sadly.

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T 5323

By Arjun Basu | Published: February 20, 2012

She brought a bag of warm donuts to work. The cop was unmoved by her plight. I was mauled, she said. But the donuts were warm, the cop said.

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T 5321

By Arjun Basu | Published: February 20, 2012

Your hot dog is wretched, he tells the waiter and the waiter says, Stop your fancy talk, and he says, OK your weiner. The waiter is shocked.

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T 5317

By Arjun Basu | Published: February 20, 2012

He woke and heard her futzing about the kitchen. She served him coffee and yogurt and kissed his forehead. I thought you said epic, he said.

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T 5312

By Arjun Basu | Published: February 20, 2012

He burned the eggs and she came over and hugged him. What’s this? he asked. I’m embracing your failures, she replied. And she hugged harder.

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T 5306

By Arjun Basu | Published: February 20, 2012

He finished the last of the burger. I need a new suit, he said. And he had one made. Then he ate another burger. And needed a new suit again.

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T 5295

By Arjun Basu | Published: January 30, 2012

He returns to the table. Sorry, he says, fixing his hair. He attacks his Eggs Benedict. A new waiter calls him Dude. The punches begin anew.

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T 5285

By Arjun Basu | Published: January 30, 2012

I could, I tell my friend over a morning bagel, I could love her except I don’t. My friend orders a coffee. Your life is so simple, he says.

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