T 5643

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 3, 2012

He thought the moment right and he leaned in for a kiss. She pulled back and said, I don’t love you like that. And he said, Statistics suck.

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T 5641

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 3, 2012

I stumbled upon a comfortable level of unhappiness. I went out and attempted to seduce a young lady. Her mother proved a satisfactory Plan B.

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T 5640

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 3, 2012

My father was a butcher. My mother was a vegetarian. I’m so tired of that excuse, my wife complains. Even though it’s the only excuse I have.

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T 5639

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 3, 2012

I reached for the bill. I’ll get this, I said and she looked annoyed. I said, I won’t expect anything. And she said, That’s why I’m annoyed.

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T 5638

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 3, 2012

You want to call the kids fuckhead but you were one too, once, maybe you still are, plus you once said it was a bad word despite its beauty.

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T 5637

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 3, 2012

The sweater is too large. She says, You’ll grow into it. I tell her I’m an adult. We even do adult things together. Then she bakes me a cake.

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T 5636

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 3, 2012

I wish my new neighbor would put up her curtains. I enjoy watching her fix up her place. But I may fall in love and my wife won’t like that.

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T 5635

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 3, 2012

He posts photos of smokestacks and achieves internet fame. His dad stops loving him. Because jealousy isn’t old or new media. It is eternal.

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T 5634

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 3, 2012

She ate the last cookie and he made a face and said, Great, and she said, You never even ate one of them, and he said, That’s not the point.

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T 5633

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 3, 2012

He closed the windows as her yelling continued. And he started to laugh. I love you, he said. And then she stopped yelling, and laughed too.

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