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T 5231

By Arjun Basu | Published: January 18, 2012

She nudged him and said, This café smells funny, and they paid their bill and left and outside the smell persisted and he said, I’m so sorry.

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T 5227

By Arjun Basu | Published: January 18, 2012

We went to Marseilles and ate pistou and danced until dawn and my belly gave out and I got sick and she said, That’s five continents, champ.

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T 5226

By Arjun Basu | Published: January 18, 2012

The donuts sat in front of him. He recalled his youth, his first kiss, the cold night he lost his virginity. The donuts sat in front of him.

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T 5225

By Arjun Basu | Published: January 18, 2012

The speech at his son’s bar mitzvah didn’t go as intended. After it was done his wife asked for a divorce. He knew he was bad at ad-libbing.

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T 5224

By Arjun Basu | Published: January 18, 2012

He left his wife and took the dog and moved to the countryside. He met a woman who made soap. He planted corn and herbs. And died of boredom.

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T 5223

By Arjun Basu | Published: January 18, 2012

A hurtful remark. And pushing. And then much later, a career inspired by past humiliations. And finally, he becomes the leader of everything.

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T 5221

By Arjun Basu | Published: January 18, 2012

These are not my pants, he says, suddenly, while undressing, and he realizes what that means, and he looks at her, and jumps out the window.

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T 5219

By Arjun Basu | Published: January 18, 2012

The child said that thing that made him closer to adulthood than before, and the father stood there slack jawed, and said, I’m proud of you.

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T 5218

By Arjun Basu | Published: January 18, 2012

He was intent on lifting the boulder. This will prove I am strongest, he bellowed to the townsfolk. And he prepared to lift it. And sharted.

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T 5212

By Arjun Basu | Published: January 18, 2012

The echo that tells him he is not alone. The comfort of strangers. Exertion as purchase. Alone in the men’s room with the lights turned off.

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