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T 4818

By Arjun Basu | Published: October 2, 2011

The pain started and he lay down. I think I may die soon, he told his son. I knew you couldn’t handle this hot sauce, his son said, unmoved.

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T 4817

By Arjun Basu | Published: October 2, 2011

She comes home and finds her new boyfriend sitting by the fridge eating slices of mortadella and she sighs, and he says, It’s fancy bologna!

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T 4816

By Arjun Basu | Published: October 2, 2011

He was highly insensitive, tone deaf to everyone around him. You who are yahoos, he began his final speech, before he was shredded to pieces.

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T 4814

By Arjun Basu | Published: October 2, 2011

He got up and started dancing and everyone in the restaurant watched him dance. He was embarrassing her. But then again, that was the point.

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T 4808

By Arjun Basu | Published: October 2, 2011

And then she said, Just talk to me, and he found this confusing and he unzipped his pants, and she said, Talk to me, but he didn’t know how.

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T 4805

By Arjun Basu | Published: October 2, 2011

She looked like she’d been drinking too much beer lately. Her mass had shifted in odd ways. But he had to respect the beer. So he kissed her.

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T 4802

By Arjun Basu | Published: September 10, 2011

He sat down and the sofa sighed. I’m cranky, he said to no one. You’re old, his daughter said. There was silence. Now I’m crankier, he said.

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T 4798

By Arjun Basu | Published: September 10, 2011

He stammers his way through the presentation. Flopsweat. His colleagues express worry. I’m a 40 year old man with a zit on his nose, he says.

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T 4796

By Arjun Basu | Published: September 10, 2011

Are you happy? she asks him, sinking into the folds of the soft couch. I’m never happy, he replies. She smiles at this. And then he does too.

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t 4795

By Arjun Basu | Published: September 10, 2011

I made her cry today, a new low for me, my descent almost complete. Maybe I’ll take her out for pizza tonight. Since she hates pizza so much.

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