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T 5944

By Arjun Basu | Published: October 16, 2012

I watched her cook, the toil and trouble, and then I said, Can I have some? What year is this? she asked. So I said, Can I have some please?

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T 5941

By Arjun Basu | Published: October 16, 2012

She called and said, I’ll be there tonight, and I sat by the window and waited and fell asleep and waited some more and soon it was morning.

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T 5939

By Arjun Basu | Published: October 16, 2012

She feeds him big grapes under the tree. He says, Did you like the necklace? She says, I returned it. Then a bird poops into his open mouth.

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T 5935

By Arjun Basu | Published: October 16, 2012

A lust deadened by soup. This is inedible, he thinks. And as he studies the shape of her breasts, he shamefully realizes that he’s a foodie.

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T 5933

By Arjun Basu | Published: October 16, 2012

The truth oozed out of him like cold honey. Then he finally said yes, and she got even angrier, and he decided to never tell the truth again.

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T 5930

By Arjun Basu | Published: October 16, 2012

I watched my son at play and the past met the future and I fell down and he asked me if I was alright and I held him and said, Get me a beer.

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T 5923

By Arjun Basu | Published: October 16, 2012

The water is cool and he shivers a little but she catches him and says, Is it true? The water’s not cold, he replies. But he wishes it were.

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T 5918

By Arjun Basu | Published: October 16, 2012

I wanted to say the right thing. Not just because it was important to her, but to me. To us. She waited. I took a deep breath. Taco, I said.

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T 5912

By Arjun Basu | Published: October 16, 2012

He takes a sip of coffee. His belly stretches out his Sebadoh t-shirt. He watches the school girls walk by. And dreams of Pebbles Flintstone.

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T 5908

By Arjun Basu | Published: October 16, 2012

She wakes and finds him packing a bag. What’s this? she asks. And he turns his back on her and sighs and says, You used to smell like bacon.

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