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Bob Flanagan, artist, masochist
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and one of the longest living surv--
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Bob Flanagan, artist, masochist
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and one of the longest-living survivors
of Cystic Fibrosis
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lost his battle this week
with the killer disease,
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a genetic disorder
of the lungs and pancreas,
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that both plagued and empowered
the provocative performer
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throughout his difficult
but productive life.
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Born in New York City
in December 26, 1952,
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Flanagan was in and out of hospitals
most of his life.
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Doctors gave him
little chance of survival
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past the age of six or seven years,
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but survive he did,
well beyond anyone's expectations.
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The difficulties of being sick
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became subject for much of his work.
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All the articles about me
start that way,
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" Bob Flanagan should be dead by now."
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"But he isn't",
that's what they always say.
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Instead he nails his dick to a board.
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The word "supermasochist"
is going through my head,
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and I started humming this little ditty.
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Started humming
to the tune "Supercalifragilistic",
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so I wrote this song.
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I know that any Disney people here,
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they'll probably tell me
to cease and desist,
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and believe me, I will...
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but not yet.
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In my own time.
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Supermasochistic Bob has Cystic Fibrosis
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He should've died young
but he was too precocious
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How much longer
he will live is anyone's prognosis
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Supermasochistic Bob is Cystic Fibrosis
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I'm dili-dili, I'm gonna die
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I'm dili-dili, I'm gonna die
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When he was born the doctors said he had
this bad disease
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That gave him awful stomachaches
and made him cough and wheeze