Tagged: Food (993)

Twister 2042

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

And she keeps asking me if I’ve eaten her biscotti which makes me wonder what she’s put into the things. I mean we only slept together once.

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Twister 2211

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He worked late. He picked up pizza on his way home. He crashed in front of the TV and woke up in the middle of the night. And he went to bed

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Twister 2302

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Before dessert, she asks him if he’s enjoying himself. He says, I’d rather drown myself in a dirty sink. And so she asks the question again.

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Twister 2404

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The soup sits badly inside. He feels a churning. And bubbles. And then a beautiful girl walks up and asks him the time. For regret, he says.

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Twister 2529

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He does not see a problem with serving vodka with the omelet. Brunch is lunch with eggs, he says. And booze. But not for the kids, she says.

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Twister 2652

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Some days, he felt the dead weight of expectation. He sat hunched over on these days and was ornery. And then he’d go out and eat a burger.

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Twister 2817

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The kids sang bad songs and ate hot dogs. Then a guy took his shirt off. Then a girl did too. Her father looked on. I don’t get it, he said.

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Twister 2912

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He wants to be smart enough to be interviewed by Charlie Rose. Or respected like Max Von Sydow. But mother is demanding. She loves oatmeal.

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Twister 3046

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He was a foodie and a design buff. He spent all his savings redoing their house in the shape of a Chinese takeout box. So his wife left him.

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Twister 3198

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Everything was new and she didn’t know where anything was. And he was awfully hungover. French toast is the new restart button, she offers.

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