Tagged: Food (993)

Twister 1573

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Dinner was a disappointment. This chef’s on crack, she said. The date was important to John. So? She asked. I bet you’re delicious, he said.

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Twister 1657

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They watched the birds fly majestically toward the horizon, symbols of an ineffable sort of freedom. I bet those birds taste yummy, he said.

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Twister 1762

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He stops by the grocery store to pick up a frozen dinner. He checks out the fruit aisle to pick up girls. But the zit on his nose is too big

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Twister 1886

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He’s an insurance adjuster with anger management issues and a chainsaw and when his burger comes without pickles the result is pretty tragic

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Twister 1973

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

As he licks her thighs he stops and says, That’s a big boil. And she wants to scream so much. But instead she imagines her mother’s oatmeal.

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Twister 2182

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He knew the night had been successful when the leftover pad thai made for a perfect breakfast. The strange girl in his bed was smiling, too.

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Twister 2273

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Tomatoes littered the area. The place reeked of an imagined violence. The cops arrived. I just want to make my special sauce, Jim explained.

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Twister 2368

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

There’s a bit too much Dijon on his tongue right now and he’s making faces that aren’t impressing his mother. You’ll never change, she sighs

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Twister 2509

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The geology of the homesick. Serial victimization. Manipulation by design. All reasons he used to explain his purchase of six frozen pizzas.

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Twister 2595

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

And so it begins again, and they march in, with condiments and frozen burgers. The wives drink cocktails. The men drink beer. And burn meat.

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