“Take your cigarette from its holder,
And burn your initials in my shoulder.
Fracture my spine,
And swear that you're mine,
As we dance to the Masochism Tango.”

—  Tom Lehrer

"The Masochism Tango"
An Evening (Wasted) With Tom Lehrer (1959)

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American singer-songwriter and mathematician 1928

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