T 5574

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 8, 2012

A noise was coming from the kitchen. It was a feral sound and he found her devouring a cake with her hands. It’s like eating love, she said.

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T 5573

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 8, 2012

Then there was more beer. No one tap dances anymore, he said. She stood up and tapped. He applauded. That’s going to come in handy, he said.

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T 5572

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 8, 2012

Where are my shoes? she asks, searching frantically. He says, That’s how good that was. And she stops looking for them. No really, she says.

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T 5571

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 8, 2012

The walk is long and by its end he realizes the limits of his age. I feel like moping, he tells a kid. That’s dumb, she says. He can’t argue.

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T 5570

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 8, 2012

He woke and she was gone and two days later he called and said, I like you, and she said, But you eat too much gluten, and that shut him up.

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T 5569

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 8, 2012

He orders a hot dog and promptly gets mustard on his tie. This is what life feels like, he tells the hot dog guy. And then it begins to rain.

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T 5568

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 8, 2012

You can’t take a punch, she says, and he says, I’m so turned on, and she downs her whisky and says, Let’s see, but he’s already unconscious.

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T 5567

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 8, 2012

Toys fly through the air. The parents apologize to each other and find themselves attracted to the wrong people. The kids sit back and watch.

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T 5566

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 8, 2012

They kiss and she smiles and says, I love you, and he sighs, I used to love you, and she pulls back, and he says, Now I realize it was a fad.

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T 5565

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 8, 2012

I was cutting an onion. My wife said, Why so sad? and then she laughed and so did I. Except I was sad. But I knew she didn’t want to hear it.

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