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Because... we can each relate to something in this (20)
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Posted by Degenerate on Wed 29 Oct 08, 10:02 AM
A dedication to us all in particular all the marvellous masochists on here  You rock.
If there was one person who is no longer with us that I would like to meet it's this guy, he was an incredible disabled artist and supermasochist.
I just wanted to share this poem by Bob Flanagan for anyone who's never heard it, I love it and it brings tears to my eyes because it's powerful. It's lifted from here:
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0425/is_n...
Here's the audio.. with images
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=9f6V2LefAi4
Because it feels good;
because it gives me an erection;
because it makes me come;
because I'm sick;
because there was so much sickness;
because I say FUCK THE SICKNESS;
because I like the attention;
because I was alone a lot;
because I was different;
because kids beat me up on the way to school;
because I was humiliated by nuns;
because of Christ and the Crucifixion;
because of Porky Pig in bondage, force-fed by some sinister creep in a black cape;
because of stories of children hung by their wrists,
burned on the stove, scalded in tubs;
because of Mutiny on the Bounty;
because of cowboys and Indians;
because of Houdini;
because of my cousin Cliff;
because of the forts we built and the things we did inside them;
because of what's inside me;
because of my genes;
because of my parents;
because of doctors and nurses;
because they tied me to the crib so I wouldn't hurt myself;
because I had time to think;
because I had time to hold my penis;
because I had awful stomachaches and holding my penis made it feel better;
because I felt like I was going to die;
because it makes me feel invincible;
because it makes me feel triumphant;
because I'm a Catholic;
because I still love Lent, and I still love my penis, and in spite of it all I have no guilt;
because my parents said BE WHAT YOU WANT TO BE, and this is what I want to be;
because I'm nothing but a big baby and I want to stay that way, and I want a mommy forever, even a mean one, especially a mean one;
because of all the fairy tale witches, and the wicked stepmother, and the stepsisters, and how sexy Cinderella was, smudged with soot, doomed to a life of servitude;
because of Hansel, locked in the witch's cage until he was fat enough to eat;
because of "O" and how desperately I wanted to be her;
because of my dreams;
because of the games we played;
because I've got an active imagination;
because my mother bought me Tinker Toys;
because hardware stores give me hard-ons;
because of hammers, nails, clothespins, wood, padlocks, pullies, eyebolts, thumbtacks, staple-guns, sewing needles, wooden spoons, fishing tackle, chains, metal rulers, rubber tubing, spatulas, rope, twine, C-clamps, S-hooks, razor blades, scissors, tweezers, knives, pushpins, two-by-fours, Ping-Pong paddles, alligator clips, duct tape, broomsticks, barbecue skewers, bungie cords, sawhorses, soldering irons;
because of tool sheds;
because of garages;
because of basements;
because of dungeons;
because of The Pit and the Pendulum;
because of the Tower of London;
because of the Inquisition;
because of the rack;
because of the cross;
because of the Addams Family playroom;
because of Morticia Addams and her black dress with its octopus legs;
because of motherhood;
because of Amazons;
because of the Goddess;
because of the moon;
because it's in my nature;
because it's against nature;
because it's nasty;
because it's fun;
because it flies in the face of all that's normal (whatever that is); because I'm not normal;
because I used to think that I was part of some vast experiment and that there was this implant in my penis that made me do these things and that allowed THEM (whoever THEY were) to monitor my activities;
because I had to take my clothes off and lie inside this plastic bag so the doctors could collect my sweat;
because once upon a time I had such a high fever that my parents had to strip me naked and wrap me in wet sheets to stop the convulsions;
because my parents loved me even more when I was suffering;
because surrender is sweet;
because I was born into a world of suffering;
because I'm attracted to it;
because I'm addicted to it;
because endorphins in the brain are like a natural kind of heroin;
because I learned to take my medicine;
because I was a big boy for taking it;
because I can take it like a man;
because, as somebody once said, HE'S GOT MORE BALLS THAN I DO;
because it is an act of courage;
because it does take guts;
because I'm proud of it;
because I can't climb mountains;
because I'm terrible at sports;
because NO PAIN, NO GAIN;
because SPARE THE ROD AND SPOIL THE CHILD;
because YOU ALWAYS HURT THE ONE YOU LOVE.
By Bob Flanagan 'Supermasochist'
Edited Fri 5 Dec 08, 9:23 PM by Degenerate
Replies
29 Oct 08, 10:06 AM
Lee_Van_Spunkenfrick
UK(DA), 2 mths
Y!
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maybe i am ignorant in the ways of poetry but that isn't a poem .. its just a list ! all for one and fuck the rest
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29 Oct 08, 10:07 AM
TheTroll
6 mths
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lee_van_spankenfuck wrote:
maybe i am ignorant in the ways of poetry but that isn't a poem .. its just a list !
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LOL
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29 Oct 08, 10:09 AM
Degenerate
UK(M), 22 mths
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It's a performance poem and sounds a lot better read. Maybe something is lost as I hear Bob's voice reading it on film in my head... Yeah it's a kind of list. Lots of similar modern poetry out there Sign up to CAAN's statement - http://www.caan.org.uk
Sexuality - strong and warm and wild and free,
Sexuality - your laws do not apply to me
(Billy Bragg)
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29 Oct 08, 10:12 AM
Backdooruk
UK(BA), 9 yrs
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'Sick' Is one of my favourite BDSM films and the re/search book about Bob is also a favourite.
- Chris Anyone with a brain is manipulable. Only the truly unimaginative are difficult to control.
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29 Oct 08, 10:24 AM
TheRubberDomme
UK, 12 mths |
well i think its fantastic...list or poem it spoke a lot about stuff relevent to my life.
Evi x |
29 Oct 08, 10:24 AM
corwin1966
UK(L), 2 yrs
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Thanks for posting this.
I had never heard of him until I read this today, but it strikes so many chords for me.
So many of my own thoughts, doubts and questions about why I am who I am, my sexuality and my submissive masochism often seem to follow the route of Why? Because...
It actually made me smile at how many of my own because's were in the words I was reading.
Once again, Thank you for sharing this.
Gary Vision without action is just a dream, action without vision just passes the time. With action and vision you can change the world.
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29 Oct 08, 12:46 PM
Harrynflicks
UK(DA), 22 mths
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lee_van_spankenfuck wrote:
maybe i am ignorant in the ways of poetry but that isn't a poem .. its just a list !
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lol yup ignorant 
There is a genre of poetry called a list poem. 
[giggles]
fugger fugger fugger - love with all your heart and you will know both joy and sorrow. 
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29 Oct 08, 1:03 PM
Lee_Van_Spunkenfrick
UK(DA), 2 mths
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list poetry .. gosh .. i have a been a poet all these years .. had i known this i would have saved all my to do lists at work and all my sainsburys shoppings lists and had them published !
carrots .. they make you see in the dark
spuds .. for the sunday dinner
ham .. taken off the bone
chocolate .. my guilty indulgance
cheesy balls ... say no more !
chicken breasts .. beter than legs
ripe juicy peaches .. give them a squeeze
purple plums .. ooh yes please
a nice sausage .. get ya laughing gear round that
a can of tuna . a treat for the cat
all for one and fuck the rest
Edited 29 Oct 08, 1:04 PM by Lee_Van_Spunkenfrick
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29 Oct 08, 1:14 PM
TheRubberDomme
UK, 12 mths |
hey 'marks and spencer' do that all the time in the food adds
Evi |
29 Oct 08, 4:38 PM
Degenerate
UK(M), 22 mths
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lee_van_spankenfuck wrote:
list poetry .. gosh .. i have a been a poet all these years .. had i known this i would have saved all my to do lists at work and all my sainsburys shoppings lists and had them published !
carrots .. they make you see in the dark
spuds .. for the sunday dinner
ham .. taken off the bone
chocolate .. my guilty indulgance
cheesy balls ... say no more !
chicken breasts .. beter than legs
ripe juicy peaches .. give them a squeeze
purple plums .. ooh yes please
a nice sausage .. get ya laughing gear round that
a can of tuna . a treat for the cat
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no no no.. see! you can't help yourself can you - this rhymes! wrong wrong wrong! *tuts* darn those traditional poets!
De Sign up to CAAN's statement - http://www.caan.org.uk
Sexuality - strong and warm and wild and free,
Sexuality - your laws do not apply to me
(Billy Bragg)
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