Tagged: Food (993)

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

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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.

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Twister 257

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

I think that’s a pig, he said. You think everything’s a pig, she said. That’s not true, he replied. Yesterday, I thought the bacon was tofu.

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Twister 342

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The house burned quickly. The family was fine. A fireman came out holding a charred fondue stick. It wasn’t even very good, she said, crying

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Twister 423

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

It looked like a murder scene. The upended furniture, the implicit violence, the blood splattered walls. I hate this darn ketchup, she said.

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Twister 2

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

And then the walls crumbled. He picked his way through the rubble and found her, eating Fruit Loops out of the box. “Wow,” she said, smiling

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Twister 516

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

I’m up a creek, I say. Stop it, my sister says. My butcher’s angry, I say. It’s not the first time, she says. This time he caught me, I say.

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Twister 605

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Ideology is easy, he says. Thinking is hard, he says. I think I need a cheese pizza, he says. Or maybe I’m better off with mushroom, he says

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Twister 692

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The gluttony was fantastic and had there been a vomitorium, the cameras would have come out. But they were not famous enough to be ridiculed

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Twister 775

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The twins received invites to The Gluttons’ Ball. They were thrilled. Their mother called it a sign. And in their excitement they both died.

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