Tagged: Food (993)

Twister 2876

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He pays his tab, and heaves himself off the stool. He thinks about what awaits him at home. And goes out in search of a decent cheeseburger.

Posted in Twisters | Also tagged | Comments closed

Twister 2970

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He came home and announced, I will worship a different part of you every day, and she just rolled her eyes and said, Dinner’s in the fridge.

Posted in Twisters | Also tagged | Comments closed

Twister 3138

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

She stood up and picked up her shirt and buttoned up and looked at him. He smiled. You make me hungrier, she said. But that was a bad thing.

Posted in Twisters | Also tagged | Comments closed

Twister 3278

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He was a mattress salesman but it had never been his goal to be a salesman of any kind. I have a bad back, he’d lament, eating old pastrami.

Posted in Twisters | Also tagged | Comments closed

Twister 3401

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He watches the women eat their noodles and something stirs inside of him and when he gets home he tells his wife, I’m feeling like Japanese.

Posted in Twisters | Tagged | Comments closed

Twister 3493

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The air is lifeless and still. He wakes gasping. She stirs. He struggles out of bed and opens the window. You can’t handle my chili, he says

Posted in Twisters | Also tagged | Comments closed

Twister 3614

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He stumbles through his morning coffee. She munches on a carrot. What’s up doc? she says. My mom’s a doctor, he replies. Then he feels shame

Posted in Twisters | Tagged | Comments closed

Twister 71

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They don’t eat toast after sex. It’s an unwritten rule, a sign of their devotion. But lately he’s been craving sourdough. And it worries him

Posted in Twisters | Also tagged | Comments closed

Twister 122

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He is addicted to spicy food. She finds pepper “funky.” He drinks more these days, reminiscing about his chili and the heat that’s been lost

Posted in Twisters | Also tagged | Comments closed

Twister 119

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He was a talk show host on cable access. He was famous at the diner. The waitress never charged him for the milkshake. She called him honey.

Posted in Twisters | Also tagged , | Comments closed