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T 3819

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 15, 2011

The debauchery of youth gives way to a magnificent corner office. Tailored suits cover the tattoos but the frequent sighs uncover a lot more

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T 3818

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 15, 2011

The water was gray and cold and they stood on the dock, hesitantly, and she said, Let’s make this mean something, and then he pushed her in.

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T 3811

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 15, 2011

He took a pull off a beer on the wrong side of warm and she was speaking of the true meaning of love and he just wanted his beer to be cold.

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T 3809

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 15, 2011

The leg was broken. The x-rays confirmed it. She held his hand as he waited for the plaster to harden. He smiled. I love new things, he said

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T 3807

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 15, 2011

The lottery numbers didn’t come in again. His son came home and went straight up to his room. The cat hacked up a fur ball. Touché, he said.

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T 3806

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 15, 2011

He parked and she got out and said, You coming? and he said, Not yet, and she knew: He’d been thinking about his second grade teacher again.

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T 3804

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 15, 2011

They come upon a store on their walk and she says let’s go in and life can’t get worse for him until they enter and the store’s full of tofu

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T 3803

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 15, 2011

Birdsong fills the air. He looks out the bedroom window and stares at the young neighbor suntanning on her new patio. His wife stirs in bed.

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T 3052

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 15, 2011

He got home and tore off his pants and opened a bag of chips and turned on the TV. He let go a tremendous amount of gas. And laughed. Alone.

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T 3051

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 15, 2011

She kept asking him questions, but his mouth was full and the food was so good and he kept piling it in and she kept talking, and he choked.

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