“My father could be very witty, even if the humor was always on the darker side of irony.”
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Most children - I know I did when I was a kid - fantasize another set of parents. Or fantasize no parents. They don't tell their real parents about that - you don't want to tell Mom and Dad. Kids lead a very private life. And I was a typical child, I think. I was a liar.
My life in Brooklyn was in constant danger because of my bad health.
As a kid, all I thought about was death. But you can't tell your parents that.
When I did 'Bumble-ardy, ' I was so intensely aware of death. Eugene, my friend and partner, was dying here in the house when I did 'Bumble-ardy'. I did 'Bumble-ardy' to save myself. I did not want to die with him. I wanted to live, as any human being does.