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I uh, I knew I was in love, but, first of all I was very nauseous, you know, I never met such a pretty girl, and uh, I guess I’m sensitive, because real, real beauty makes me want to uh, gag. Plus, I don’t know how to act with girls, you know, I’m shy, I’m just nervous around women, I have a tendency to dribble.
You know, the only girl I’d known was a girl in my neighborhood, who was not an attractive girl, I used to, used to make obscene phone calls, collect, and she used to accept the charges all the time, and nothing ever happened.
And here I’m lying through my teeth, I mean, I can’t tell Louise that I was in jail, and that I rob and steal and never did an honest day’s work in my life because, you know, a lot of people hold those things against you. But she was so sweet, we just walked in the park you know, I was so touched by her that, I dunno, after fifteen minutes I wanted to marry her, and after half an hour I completely gave up the idea of stealing her purse. I wanted to tell her actually that I wasn’t with the philharmonic but she was so impressed by it. When she asked me some questions about Mozart she got suspicious ‘cause for a minute you know I couldn’t place the name.
I um, I dunno when it comes to women. In prison, I remember, the psychiatrist asked me if I had a girl, and I said no, and he said well, do I think that sex is dirty, and I said, it is if you’re doing it right.
Oh, all I know is, my heart was really pounding and I felt, I felt a funny tingling all over and you know I, I dunno I was either in love or, uh, I had smallpox.
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