Gummo Page #5

Makes it hard to concentrate.

Makes it hard?

Makes it hard, 'cause, like...

before l knew l had A.D.D...

l wouldn't really

go for the ball...

l wouldn't run the extra mile.

Yeah, but it's hard to explain.

l take ritalin,

this kind of prescription drug.

lt's not like a drug

that fucks you up.

lf anything,

it makes you normal.

He just likes to go out

with skinny girls.

-How do you know?

-l just know.

Who told you?

His last girlfriend

used to be anorexic.

-Was she bulimic?

-l don't know.

l'll bet

she was a bulimic puker...

with white spots on her teeth.

l don't know. She used to run

track after school...

and this girl said,

''There goes Eddie's girl.''

And l thought, ''What for?

That girl's so skinny.''

-They broke up, right?

-Mm-hmm. A while ago.

-Skin and bones.

-Mm-hmm. She was so skinny...

she had to wear rubber bands

around the tops of her socks...

and a belt around her spandex

bike shorts to keep them up.

-No, she didn't.

-Uh-huh.

Kids in school

used to laugh so hard.

Sure.

lt's crazy, so crazy.

Guess l'm not skinny enough

for him, then.

-You are.

-No.

Uh-huh. At least

if he goes out with you...

you'll know he got good taste.

-We'll see.

-Mm-hmm.

We'll see if it happens,

is what we'll see.

l was born

right here in Xenia, Ohio...

to a lesbian midwife...

who cut all her hair

like a butch.

And when l was little,

she used to have stre--

My mom

used to have stretch marks...

that went around in circles.

But l used to roll marbles

on her stomach--

my mom's stomach--and when

l would hit the navel...

she'd give me five dollars.

When l'd hit the navel,

she'd give me five dollars.

When l would hit

the side of her arm...

she would f***in' hit me, man...

with a--a f***in'...

a--a--a hairbrush...

or she would beat me...

l had a lesbian midwife

who gave birth to my mother...

while l was born

through my mother's womb.

My mother,

when she was thirty years old...

she entered menopause.

She sprouted a f***in' mustache.

She lost her sex drive.

Everything in the house

started to change.

The way she would do the dishes

would change...

or the way

she would clean the cabinets...

out of the house would change.

OK, so my sister,

she gets a complex.

She starts thinking, because

my mother has menopause...

at such an earlier--

at such an early age...

that she's gonna lose

all her sex drive...

and then her mustache is gonna

come out like my mom's mustache.

l can't shoot ball

like Michael Jordan can...

but that's all right, though,

you know?

l'm also gay.

Don't be nervous.

l ain't being nervous.

Now, there's something

special about you.

Something special l want.

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