Miranda July - Lena Beamish

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LENA? I see the blood
PATRICK? I see the blood
AND MARTIN? I see the blood
And what does it feel like to bleed, I mean it doesn’t hurt, right?
LENA? It feels wet
PATRICK? It feels wet
AND MARTIN? It feels wet
Oh I bet it does! And d’you think you do more daredevil stunts than you would
if you could feel pain?
LENA? Yes I’m a real daredevil sir
PATRICK? Yes I’m a real daredevil sir
AND MARTIN? Yes I’m a real daredevil sir
I’m sure you are! Okay kids, now in all honesty, knowing you have this unfair
advantage, have you ever placed a bet on a dangerous stunt, just to make a buck?
LENA? Yes sir I’m afraid I have
PATRICK? Yes sir I’m afraid I have
AND MARTIN? Yes sir I’m afraid I have
Oh I guess it wouldn’t do any good to spank you, would it?
No sir
No sir
No sir
Okay now we’ve rigged a harmless little experiment to prove to some of our most
skeptical audience members that you kids truly have no sensation of physical
pain. Each of the children’s chairs has been wired with an electro-shock
apparatus. The shock causes an intense temporary pain, the kind of pain that
would cause most of us to yell or scream out. Okay then, here we go!
Two… three… four…
LENA?
PATRICK?
AND MARTIN?
Martin? Martin flinched! Well, I’m sure this comes as a great surprise to our
viewing audience, I know I’m surprised! Are you surprised Lena?
Very surprised sir
PATRICK? Very surprised sir
AND MARTIN? I’m sorry I didn’t know how to tell you
LENA? We thought you were like us
PATRICK? Yes we thought you were like us
AND MARTIN? I am, I’m a daredevil
LENA? But it’s not the same!
PATRICK? No it’s not the same anymore!
AND MARTIN? But what’s the difference if nobody knows?
LENA? We’re on TV, everybody knows!
PATRICK? Yes everybody knows!
AND MARTIN? But I can do the stunts!
LENA? Martin, we’re not three anymore!
PATRICK? Yes it’s not good if we’re not three!
AND MARTIN? But I can burn without screaming!
LENA? But if it hurts there’s no trick!
PATRICK? Yes there’s no trick if it hurts!
AND MARTIN? Well it’s a different sort of trick
LENA? It’s boring trick!
PATRICK? Yes it’s a boring trick!
AND MARTIN? It’s a good trick!
LENA? But Martin, there’s no magic in two!
PATRICK? There’s no magic! magic! magic! huh! There’s no magic in two,
only in three! three! three! three!
But… but hello there young Patrick! Patrick? Are you feeling okay?
LENA? Would you have a 9V battery sir? Martin, did you bring the charger?
PATRICK? Three! three! No. I. Am. Sorry. Lena. Na. Na. Na.
AND MARTIN? I forgot to recharge him, Lena, I just totally forgot!
Forgot to recharge him? Well it’ll be! Folks, it looks like we’ve been taken
for a ride. Kids I think you owe our viewing audience an explanation
LENA? It wasn’t all my fault, Martin built him!
PATRICK? Na. Na. Ah. I. Am. Patrick. Trick. Trick. Trick.
AND MARTIN? I was just doing what Lena told me to!
LENA? Well… it was no good with just me and Martin, there had to be three of us!
Three of you, eh? Well you’ll have to count Patrick out because he’s not a real
boy!
LENA? Yes but nobody will remember
And Martin failed the test so
LENA? Yes but nobody will remember
So you’re actually the only one who can’t feel pain?
LENA? Yes but it’s no good being just one. One of anything is a terrible thing
to be, but two of the same thing is twins. So I said to my brother Martin,
will you pretend to be like me? I’m gonna ask you «do you feel pain»
and you say «no» and I said «do you feel pain» and he said «no»
and then we were twins! And we practiced our daredevils stunts all day long,
like burning without screaming, and crossing without looking, and watching TV,
and slamming the door on our hands again, ha! again, ha! again, ha!
But it was no good. There’s no magic trick in two. But three’s a charm.
And plus there’s money in three. We are children, we need lots and lots of
money for our little children’s games. So Martin built Patrick. Patrick takes a
9V battery and he truly can’t feel it, he isn’t a faker like Martin,
no offense Martin! Martin built Patrick. And Patrick is just like me.
We don’t feel it…
LENA? Yes sir
PATRICK? Yes sir
AND MARTIN? Sir
LENA? Sir
PATRICK? Sir
AND LENA? Huh
LENA? Huh
LENA? Huh, du
AND LENA? Du du du, du la du la du…