Tagged: Love (951)

Twister 2200

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He wakes and kisses her. He takes a shower. Upon his return to the room he finds a dog he doesn’t own. I was speaking figuratively, he says.

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Twister 2434

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

After he finished the pie, he said, I missed you. No, you missed my pie, she said. And though he feigned hurt he had to admit she was right.

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Twister 2565

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

There was an obvious despair in his voice and it attracted her to him. My life is empty, he said. She touched his hand. How empty? she asked

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Twister 2696

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

It was a small cut but he was bleeding and she sucked the blood with a tenderness he’d never really felt, and then he said, You’re so gross.

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Twister 2841

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

And he says, It’s just a ring, and she says, So then what’s the point? and he shrugs and she realizes he is a door to heartbreak and trouble

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Twister 3022

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

And he watched her and he thought unnecessary things and he felt trouble rise about him like a flood and he realized he might want to drown.

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Twister 3153

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He came into the room and she sniffed the air and then said, You kind of smell like ham, and he smiled and said, I’ve never felt more alive.

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Twister 3308

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He said, Dude, and she said, Don’t call me that, and he said, Dude, and she said, What did I just say? and he said, Dude, and she kissed him

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Twister 3399

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The kids ran roughshod over breakfast and he turned to his wife and said, I’ve decided, and she bit into her toast and he called the doctor.

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Twister 3520

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

I dreamed we got married, she tells him over the phone. He sighs and opens his beer and turns on the TV. Dreams are overrated, he tells her.

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