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You were my dreams in the night. You made

the dark so bright and gave me love.

I never knew existed

to hold you close

through a storm.

Those winter nights we were warm Girl, you took

me high Cause you're my one desire

My life is bare and empty.

So I'll just hope and I'll pray

that you'll come back someday.

Girl, you took me high.

We...

Lily, where are you going?

I'm leaving, Toby.

Leaving?

Where?

I have to leave.

I can't stay here anymore with you.

What are you talking about? What do you mean you can't stay with me anymore?

Desire, Toby.

Desire.

Desire?

When Bias Clock invited me to do a study of his home, I was expecting a mansion.

Oh, he has one, but he's quite fond of this little summer cottage he owns.

Well, it is a charming little cottage.

Do you know what kind of study it is?

Oh, no, but I'm sure you'll be finding out soon.

Yes, I guess I will, won't I? After you.

Dr. Verlet is here, sir.

And you should be sitting. You know what the doctor told you about your heart? I

know what that doctor said.

But what does he know?

After all, he's only 26 years old.

He's still a doctor?

Please, Dr. Verlaine-Stel. Thank you, sir.

I'm so glad that you could make it.

He did a study for one of my companies a few months ago.

A motivational study, I believe.

That's very impressive.

Thank you very much, sir.

Now I'd ask you here.

To do a study on human emotions.

For me.

Now... If you'd be so kind as to indulge an old man, Dr. Merlet... I'd

like to tell you a story.

Well, I'm a psychologist, sir.

Listening to stories is my life.

Thank you.

This story concerns Lily.

I met her at a summer dance thrown by her father.

We spent the rest of the summer...

At this little cottage, playing gin and making love.

Lily was everything I ever hoped for in a woman.

She was beautiful, intelligent, wealthy, cultured, and she

knew how to please me.

For three months, we were the only two people in the world.

Jen?

Yep.

I never saw

Lily after that.

I've tried to keep this cottage as much as it was since then.

I've tried to block her from my mind.

But her parting words have remained with me since.

I take it then, sir, what you want me to find out is what she meant by desire.

Very good, Dr. Verlay.

Now I know why you command such a high price.

I'm an old man, Dr. Verlay.

I don't have much time left.

And all my money can't buy me one second more.

But I pay everything I have.

If I could find out what Lily meant.

What is desire?

Well, I'll do my best, sir.

Of course.

Carlos will see to your every need.

And I will try and stay out of your way.

Mr. Clark hopes this room will be suitable for your study.

Oh, it's very nice. I think it will be quite adequate. Thank you, Colin.

You're very welcome, ma'am.

Well, Carol?

Let's get started.

Let's see who we have here.

John, Johnny Riot, Ryerson, age 38, nightclub comic.

Kim DeLorenzo, age 21, student.

Fred Carey, age 33, ex-defensive back for the Green Bay Packers.

And Laura Lyons, age 24, waitress.

Laura, has my assistant briefed you as to the nature of the study?

Yes, she has.

Good, then we can get started.

Great.

Where shall we begin?

Well, the subject of this study is desire.

So, why don't you tell me what you know of desire?

Let me see.

I do have two boyfriends, and separately, each one of them is

terrific.

But I've always wanted to try, well, you know, the both of them together.

And the desire for this is so strong.

That well one night, I set it up, and the both of them came to my apartment at

the same time.

And I was sitting there wanting them both, but at the same time, I wanted to

please them both as much as I possibly could.

I don't know what they were feeling, but it must have been pretty close to that,

because soon we were on the couch fulfilling our desires, and I was

determined to suck both of them off.

Oh.

Oh.

Wow.

I guess you might say that desire is not always wanting to be pleased all the

time, but maybe sometimes wanting to please some of the time.

Does that make sense?

Well, believe it or not, yes, it does.

Oh, good. I hope that's helped.

So do I, Laura. Thank you.

But why do you have to go?

What do you mean why? It's my business. That's why.

The devil with your business.

Look, that's easy for you to say. You're a rich man's daughter.

I still have to work for my fortune.

Why do you need a fortune?

You have this cottage. You have me.

Look, baby, I'll only be gone for two days.

I've asked Tom to stay with you while I'm gone.

You like Tom, don't you?

No, I don't like Tom.

He has a bad breath and he's ugly and he smells like a locker room. I don't even

like to be near the man.

Yes, I know.

Why do you think I asked them?

Yes, sir.

I'll let you go if you promise not to splash me. All right, all right, I will.

Only if you promise not to go.

I have to go.

I have to.

Are you all right, sir?

I'm just thinking about Lily.

Listen, why do they call the camel the ship of the desert?

Because it's full of Arab semen.

Arab semen.

Mr. Ryerson.

Ryerson. Call me Johnny.

Mr. Ryerson. I understand you're a stand-up comic.

Do you enjoy your work?

Do I enjoy it? I love it. In fact, I got a friend who enjoys it more. He used to

be a comic. Now he's a gynecologist.

Every time he gets a new patient, he goes, another opening, another show.

Do you work much?

Well, I'm in between gigs right now. My agent says my material is a little too

esoteric for middle America.

But I'm performing next week at the Elbow Room.

This club is tough, and the managers are nasty.

In fact, they have a menu that serves broken leg of lamb.

Broken like a... Oh, I'm going to roll now. Oh, why did God give man a vertical

crack in his ass instead of a horizontal one?

Because if God gave man a horizontal crack and he went down a sliding pond...

Confucius say men who rape women on ground get peace on earth.

Then you meet a lot of women in your work.

Yes, I do. In fact, my apartment is loaded with pictures of beautiful women.

And before I became a comedian, I only had one photograph.

My right hand, and I kept it in my wallet. And all this attention from

these women, does that stimulate you?

Oh, I love it. Sure, it's a turn on. It's hot.

In fact, one lady threw her panties up on stage.

That was nice. Which bet is, she was still in them.

Tell me, so you have sex with a lot of these women?

Oh. But of all the women that you have sex with, how many do you really enjoy

it with?

Oh, baby, 90%. 90%. Uh, 80%.

Oh, 80... 70.

Doc, can I be honest with you for a second?

You want to know the truth?

I mean, all kidding aside, I really don't enjoy sex with hardly any of them.

I mean, fat hippos from the suburbs, wrinkled old ladies from Miami Beach,

what do you expect?

There's no class.

There's no class at all.

They just take out my cock and sit down on it.

There's no thrill.

I mean, and this perfume they wear.

Essence of pickled herring.

I mean, okay, there are a few nice ones. There are some nice ones, but there's no

thrill. There's no feeling of the hunt, the chase.

This just comes so easy.

I saw this science fiction movie that was such a turn on because it had this

mannequin in it. And this mannequin was so cold and so distant.

Like nothing could turn it on and nothing could excite it. Nothing could

approach it. It was totally unapproachable. It was a mannequin.

And then I found out to be such a turn on.

I had dreams for a month just thinking about it.

Go on.

Oh, about the dream.

Well, what happens in this dream is that I meet this mannequin at a really formal

party. We get friendly with each other. We get to know each other. We make plans

to meet in a bedroom later on that night.

So the mannequin's in the bedroom first, right?

Staying there very comfortably.

This mannequin is gorgeous.

Hi.

Glad to see me.

Good. Glad to see you too.

So what should we do?

I want to fuck your brains out, you know that?

I never had a girl who just sat still and didn't do anything.

Or I'm the boss. I love it.

Like when I lick your ear, huh?

You like that?

Oh, good. I like it, too.

Nice lips.

You have noses with me.

Want to see me get naked?

Fuck you. I'm going to get naked anyway.

Humberbunt.

You like this, huh?

You like my body?

Thank you.

I like yours, too. It's beautiful.

You want to fuck me, huh?

It's okay. You don't have to.

I'm going to fuck you anyway.

Because you're a dummy.

A fucking dummy.

I got something for you.

Ooh.

Very nice.

Ooh.

Nice tits.

Ooh.

Nice and firm.

Do you work out?

My nipple's gonna get hard for me, huh?

Guess not, huh?

Huh. Interesting.

Nice.

I have something for you. You like it when I blow in your ear, huh?

Put it in your hand.

How's it feel?

It's my dick.

Stroke it.

You like that?

Now.

Take these pants off.

Like these.

Please look at me. Stop staring over there. Look, look. That's it.

And we're going to have some sex now.

Watch the lie back.

I'm going to kiss you all over.

Oh, yeah. Oh,

yeah.

That's it. Fuck it.

Oh, suck on that dick.

Oh, come on, take my cock in your mouth. That's it.

Oh, it's listening to everything I tell you.

You like this, huh, American?

See you, guys.

Oh.

Like a deeper? Oh, you can take it all, baby.

No complaints.

You don't scream. You don't yell.

You don't say, ah, it hurts me. You are the best.

Oh, I want to cum.

Did you like it? I loved it.

Oh, best sexual experience I ever had.

Weird, ain't it?

I guess I must be some kind of sicko, huh?

No, not at all.

Most people desire to be dominated because that's what they experience the

least.

You don't get to experience that, so that's what you desire.

So then this desire stuff is really weird, huh? I mean, like, desires means

different things to different people, right?

That's what I'm here to find out.

Well, you've certainly helped me discover my desire, huh?

I guess if a person knows what their desires are, they should go for it,

right?

I'll bear that in mind. Thank you, Mr. Rios.

Okay.

Did he hear the one about the elephant with diarrhea?

It's all over town.

Oh, really, Mr. Wilson? You're too much.

Excuse me.

Hi. Must be the doctor.

Right. I'm Carol.

I just came to take you to your interview.

Boy, that looks heavy.

What, these?

Not really.

I'm just a little out of shape.

I wouldn't say you're out of shape at all.

No, sir, not at all.

Yeah, I am.

Look at this arm. Feel it. Go ahead.

Hard as rock.

You look great.

Thanks.

You look pretty good yourself.

You really think so?

I never thought I was good looking at all.

You're not good looking.

You're absolutely gorgeous.

You're just being nice.

Yeah, you're right.

I'm also being very honest.

You're a very pretty girl.

A very desirable woman.

Dr. Brule is waiting outside for you.

I'm supposed to make you come.

I mean, bring you there.

I like the way you said it the first time.

Would you come with me?

Oh, God, I'd say at least three times.

You mean to go see the doctor?

Mm-hmm.

Okay.

You have quite an impressive background.

All-American defensive back.

That's quite a pro career.

And yet suddenly, two years ago, an unexpected retirement.

Why?

Well, I got kind of tired of trying to stop 200-pound fullbacks.

Got kind of boring.

Boring? I would have thought that a pro football career was anything but boring.

It's kind of nice for a while, but...

It wasn't really what I wanted.

Kind of funny, though.

It eventually kind of led me to find out what it was I really did desire.

And what was that?

Women.

All these years I've been playing pro football, and I realized I was doing it

just so I could satisfy my desire for women.

Could you expound upon that? Give me an example.

Yeah, okay.

There was this time when I was playing ball with the Packers before I got

traded to Detroit.

And I couldn't go to sleep, so I went out to take a walk.

Pressed the button for the elevator, and out came the most gorgeous creature I'd

ever laid my eyes on.

Well, I got in, and I could just... Feel the electricity between us right from

the start.

I wish I could have been that woman.

I wanted her.

I knew she wanted me.

Can he see that I want him too?

Yes.

all these years, I thought women were fucking me just because I was a

ballplayer. She didn't know who I was.

She said she felt a desire in me to please her that she'd never felt before

with any other man.

She felt that I didn't want her just because she was gorgeous, which she was,

but I really did just want to please her. I didn't care if she was ugly.

So in other words, you didn't do it just to satisfy your ego.

You know, for some strange reason, I believe you.

Thank you.

No, thank you.

You've been a most interesting interview.

Damn. Damn, you've got these cards marked. I just know you do. Oh, stop

driving and count points.

Am I interrupting anything?

Hey, you're here just in time. I'm only down 7,416,000.

Is that all?

What are you playing for?

Wouldn't you like to know?

What?

You've been sneaking around behind my back and, dare I say it, playing footsie

with my girlfriend?

Oh, the shame.

The shame of it all.

I'm going to have to kill you now, Tom. You know that, don't you?

No, no, Toby. It's not what you think.

All we've been doing is fucking our brains out.

My feet are now and will forever be yours.

Is this true, Tom?

Yes, yes, it's true. Her toes and mine are strangers and forever will be.

Then I shall not have to kill you, Tom.

As long as you were just screwing each other's brains out.

But if I even hear that you've been looking at my girlfriend's toes the

wrong way, I'll have you drawn and courted and run out of town on a rail.

You mean tarred and feathered?

Yeah, that too.

Here, these are for you. Oh, they're... No, not you, Tom.

I trusted you, Tom.

Do you understand the nature of the study, Kim?

Yes, your assistant and I spoke about it.

Sexual desire? I'm not sure I can help you, but I'll try.

Well, good.

Let's begin with a situation that you experienced where you lost all

rationale.

Easy. I've only felt like that once.

Would you like to tell me about it?

It was an old roommate.

I don't know why, but everything about her excited me.

Her perfume, her smile, and especially her body.

I found myself staring at her intensely.

I don't know why.

I always wondered if she felt the same about me, but she never did.

What did you do?

Nothing. Oh, I dreamed a lot, but I never... Would you like to tell me about

one of those dreams?

I suppose so.

I would always picture her in a pool.

She would be there all alone, touching the places I wanted her to touch me.

And the next thing I knew, there I was.

What?

Kim feels.

I know.

I sometimes feel that way about Carol.

Ah!

Oh.

So what are your sexual preferences now?

Oh, I'm quite comfortable with male-female relationships.

You know, that chauffeur that met us?

God. What an experience I had last night.

I'm sorry. I didn't know this was your room.

Oh, that's all right. Come on in. I can use the company.

God, you're incredibly sexy.

Would you like to make love?

Are you really sure you know what you're asking?

Yes, I'm sure.

Would you like to make love?

Well, if you insist.

But are you absolutely sure?

Yes, let's make love.

Thank you.

Yeah.

What the fuck?

That'll be all, Kim. Thank you very much. Will I ever make it with a woman?

Carol will show you out.

Dr. Verlet, have you finished for the day?

Possibly, Carlos.

Call me Adrian.

Very well.

Adrian.

Tell me, Carlos, what do you think of desire?

Fantastic subject.

What would you like to know about it?

Well, I've been doing interviews on sexual desire all week, and yet none of

these interviews have shown me the same kind of desire.

As you show to care for Tobias Clark.

And yet I'm sure there's nothing sexual in it, is there?

Sexual, no.

But tell me, Doctor, what do you feel about desire?

Desire, to me?

Oh, it's a silly word that a man invented a long time ago to try and

explain something that just cannot be explained.

And it was an attempt to add tangibility to an intangible entity.

I mean, I know what desire is when I feel it.

And you know what desire is when you feel it.

And we certainly see what desire is to other people.

But you cannot explain it.

It can only be felt.

Tell me, Doctor, have you ever felt desire?

Oh, yes.

Many times.

Do you feel desire now?

What do you think?

Oh.

Oh.

Yeah.

Oh, Carlos.

Your cock satisfies all my desires.

How did business go?

Fine.

Good.

You and Tom getting along?

Yes.

But he doesn't do anything as good as you.

I may have to go back to the city in a week or so.

I'm not surprised.

I know you want me to stay, but I just can't.

I have a pressing financial matter to attend to. You understand.

Too well, Toby.

Too well.

Are you all right, sir? I'm tired, Carlos.

I'm going to bed.

I've been waiting a long time for you.

You were so mean earlier.

Me? You didn't like that?

I'm going to have to get some data.

Oh, okay. I got it on my mind now.

Uh-huh.

It ain't lit.

You sure look good.

My kind of nurse.

Definitely make this patient feel good, don't you?

That I can make you feel good, right?

I don't have the treatment you'd prescribe.

This will be the best.

Do you know how long I love you?

No, but... A long time.

We're different at the time.

Ooh. Ooh.

So sweet.

So sweet.

Oh,

yeah. Oh,

baby.

Like a wild Arabian, baby.

Thank you.

Oh, God.

Lily, where are you going?

I'm leaving Toby.

Leaving?

Leaving where?

I have to leave Toby. I can't stay here with you anymore.

What are you talking about? Why can't you be with me anymore?

Desire, Toby.

Desire.

Desire?

Toby.

Toby. Toby, wake up.

Who's there?

Don't you recognize my voice?

Lily.

Is that you?

Surely you haven't forgotten me so soon.

What has it been, maybe 50 years or so?

This must be a dream.

Why?

Because you're as beautiful now as you were when I last saw you.

I've been thinking about you a great deal lately.

Damn it, Lily.

Why did you leave it for Tom?

Why?

I told Tony.

Desire.

What desire?

Your desire for him?

His desire for you?

I had as much desire for you, Lily.

Not as much desire for you as I had for her.

What were you going to say, Toby?

For money.

That's right, Toby.

For money.

I knew that your main desire in life was money, and I couldn't be second choice

to that.