Sick: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist
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All that liquid came out of his lungs?
All that?

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He was literally drowning.
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"Why? Because it feels good,
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because it gives me an erection,
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because it makes me come,
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because I'm sick,
because there is so much sickness,

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because I say "Fuck the sickness."
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Because I had the attention,
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because I was a loner a lot,
because I was different.

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Because kids beat me up
on the way to school,

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because I was humiliated by nuns,
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because of Christ and the crucifixion,
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because of Porky Pig in bondage,
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force-fed by some sinister creep
in a black cape.

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Because of stories
about children hanged by their wrists,

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burned on the stoves, scalded in tubs,
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because of "Mutiny in the Bounty,"
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because of cowboys and lndians,
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because of Houdini,
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because of my cousin Cliff,
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because of the forts we built
and the things we did inside them.

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Because of what's inside me,
because of my genes,

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because of my parents,
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because of doctors and nurses,
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because they tied me to the crib,
so I wouldn't hurt myself,

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because I had time to think,
because I had time to hold my penis,

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because I had awful stomachaches
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and holding my penis
made it feel better.

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Because I thought
like I was going to die,

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because it makes me feel invincible,
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because it makes me feel triumphant,
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because I'm a Catholic,
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because I still love Lent
and still love my penis

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and in spite of it all, I have no guilt.
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Because my parents said
"Be what you wanna be",

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and this is what I wanna be.
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Because I ' m nothing but a big baby,
and I wanna stay that way

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and I want a mommy forever,
even a mean one,

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'specially a mean one.
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Because of all the fairy tale witches,
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and the wicked stepmother
and the stepsisters,

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and how sexy Cinderella was,
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smudged with soot,
doomed to a life of servitude.

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Because of Hansel,
locked in the witch's cage

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until he was fat enough to eat.
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Because of "O",
and how desperately I wanted to be her.

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Because of my dreams,
because of the games we played,

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because I've got an active imagination,
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because my mother bought me Tinker Toys,
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because hardware stores
give me hard-ons,

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because of hammers,
nails, clothespins, wood,

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padlocks, pullies, eyeballs,
thumbtacks, staple guns,

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sewing needles,
wooden spoons, fishing tackle,

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chains, metal rulers, rubber tubings,
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spatulas, rope, twine,
"C" clamps, "S" hooks,


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