Tagged: Food (993)

Twister 1427

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

His fortune cookie was empty. And this haunted his evening. I have no future, he said over and over. And then he got hit by a big shiny car.

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Twister 1485

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

This is the day he decided to walk away and forget the world. His family didn’t understand. That figures, he said. You who eat all my cereal

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Twister 1582

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They lean into the frigid wind and march on, stubborn, determined. Their exhaustion is fiercely noble. And shows a hunger for free Twinkies.

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Twister 1674

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He was dumb enough to make fun of Italians while in Palermo and was found years later eating mushy peas in a home for the infirm in Norway.

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Twister 1773

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The family fights between meals. The father asks, You want steak or beef? And the son smacks his own forehead. And the fighting starts anew.

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Twister 1894

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He’s at that age where he’s not picking his nose but plucking nose hairs. I’m going to die alone, he say, eating cold Chinese for breakfast.

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Twister 1999

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Within the geology of his understanding, she could not pick her way to his true feelings. You’re so dense, she said. I like pie, he replied.

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Twister 2199

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He wasn’t going to touch his toes ever again and he accepted that. He called his wife and told her. And he sat down with a tub of ice cream.

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Twister 2291

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Leftover pierogies from the fridge. A carton of orange juice. Ratty underwear. Van Halen. It’s alright to admit you’re married now, she says

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Twister 2389

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The morning is calm. And then it’s not. And his craving for a burger ruins the afternoon. Then the calm returns. Before he reaches for a gun

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