T 5614

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 8, 2012

The day after the divorce is final he buys a box of Cap’n Crunch. He thinks the cereal symbolizes his death. And his death tastes delicious.

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T 5613

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 8, 2012

Have you seen the price of gas? he asks and she says, You know I don’t drive, and he says, You’re making beans, and she still didn’t get it.

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T 5612

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 8, 2012

She ordered a club sandwich, and a guy at the next table snickered, and she said, Do you have a problem? and the guy said, My life is bleak.

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T 5611

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 8, 2012

The philosopher mumbles about the transitive nature of nature. His son says, Dad I just stepped on a worm. But dad always brings work home.

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T 5610

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 8, 2012

I’m not an expert in love, I tell her, sheepishly, and she says, I know, and later that evening the insult hits me, so I oversalt her pasta.

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T 5609

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 8, 2012

The wait at the ATM was interminable and her kid yelled, My mom said daddy tastes likes broccoli! and she decided she didn’t need the money.

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T 5608

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 8, 2012

I asked for a plastic bag and the girl behind the cash gave me a dirty look. I have a dog, I explained. It was obvious she was a cat person.

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T 5607

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 8, 2012

He sits and sits. And waits. Then it grows dark. And he sits. And a child flips on the light. I was waiting for someone to do that, he says.

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T 5606

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 8, 2012

He falls down on and springs back to his feet and looks at her. I told you I’ve never found you funny, she says. But he doesn’t believe her.

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T 5605

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 8, 2012

My father said, I totaled the car. I could see the remorse written on his face. And I said, Boomers ruin everything.

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