While working on a study at the STD clinic in Long Beach, I and other staffers were given a set of flashcards showing pictures of advanced-stage venereal diseases. The images, provided by the CDC, were taken from the Tuskegee Syphilis Study. There are a total of twelve images in this series.

No one cares much what happens to you.

I know who is responsible for most of my troubles.

I get all the sympathy I should.