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T 5991

By Arjun Basu | Published: October 16, 2012

I bought her an expensive necklace and then took her to Paris and as we drank champagne she asked, How do you live with so much desperation?

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T 5990

By Arjun Basu | Published: October 16, 2012

I stumbled toward the bar and told the bartender I wanted to drive her. You’re in no condition to drive, she said. I don’t drive, I told her.

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T 5980

By Arjun Basu | Published: October 16, 2012

I own a lot of stuff. It fills my home and provides me with great self-worth. I love my stuff. But my girlfriend says all that stuff owns me.

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T 5979

By Arjun Basu | Published: October 16, 2012

She had made a dinner full of love and they enjoyed it peacefully and when they were done he turned on the TV, just to feel some anger again.

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T 5977

By Arjun Basu | Published: October 16, 2012

She confronted me. I hadn’t foreseen it, but there, in the condiments aisle, she shamed me. I was ogling, I said. And I put the relish back.

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T 5975

By Arjun Basu | Published: October 16, 2012

She locked me out, finally, and I deserved it. I felt the ravages of exile. The doubt and hopelessness. And then she came home from the gym.

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T 5971

By Arjun Basu | Published: October 16, 2012

He orders a milkshake and the waitress purrs. She purred, his wife says. I know, he replies. She’s cute, his wife says. And then he wakes up.

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T 5958

By Arjun Basu | Published: October 16, 2012

The buffet had been endless. I said, I ate too much, and she said, How can you tell? But I was too full to get the simplicity of her insult.

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T 5955

By Arjun Basu | Published: October 16, 2012

I said, Pull my finger, and she told me to grow up. I said, If I did, I might not love you. It soon became evident I’d said the wrong thing.

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T 5946

By Arjun Basu | Published: October 16, 2012

I was bleeding. I sucked on the cut. Don’t do that, she said. So I held out my finger toward her and pouted. Don’t do that either, she said.

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