Tagged: Food (993)

T 3992

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 11, 2011

An annoying sound filled the room; it was an attack beyond assault. And she held him and said make it stop and he regretted that last pepper.

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T 3990

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 11, 2011

And then after he had finished with brunch, he saw her across the way, and she was wearing sweatpants, and he walked up to her and said, Yes.

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T 3980

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 3, 2011

The sushi was bad. The traffic was bad. The situation was worse. And she saw everything. And she still called him back. It was a good story.

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T 3974

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 3, 2011

Cake, lots of it, on the counter, and he knows he can’t touch any of them, ever, and he watches his wife and says, Some things never change.

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T 3968

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 3, 2011

Then he overheard someone from the book club say, You look like my shar pei, and he checked the cheese and conceded it may have been too old.

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T 3962

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 3, 2011

He sits immobile, shrouded by memories, by a life once lived and no longer livable. But she knew he’d have a tough time becoming vegetarian.

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T 3956

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 3, 2011

Then the barbecue came out and the men started grunting and the women swooned, and then he woke up and his dog licked his toes and he cried.

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T 3954

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 3, 2011

That’s the boardwalk of bad dreams, he tells her. That’s the park of wishful thinking. And over there is the dumpling cart of burning loins.

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T 3948

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 26, 2011

He loved these hills. She is saying this as she holds the urn. And then the wind. And the unfortunate waste of her dependable fried chicken.

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T 3943

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 26, 2011

She brought cake and they told their guests about how they met and there was a disagreement and then the guests had the better story by far.

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