Brian P. Katz
The Fragmented “I” Parts I Assume
01 Fragmented I: construction set aside for…
[ . . . ] Sometimes I
[ . . . ] and hopefully
[wish for the best . . . ].
02 Fragmented I: version 2
I can’t [ . . . ] with you [ . . . ]
[ . . . ]
[ . . . ]
03 Fragmented I: construction set 2 @ 55
I weigh everyone down. But [she/he/they are] relat[]]
[. . .]ing to me [i]n a vis[ion] [of] my f[l]at, my we[ight]
"How did you allow this to happen?”
. . .s[elf], once [ . . . ]
[ . . . ]
04 Fragmented I: version after [-os[copy]]:
[ . . . ] "I’m alright,” I [am] guess
[. . .]ing. [The report] I mis[judged]? Why
[are] you writ[h]ing about you[[r]'re] heart[, no one cares]. . .
[she/he/they] c[all], with an up[date]. . . old new[s].
[Change your diet, your lifestyle, your genetic makeup, change...] . . .
05 Fragmented I: version repeated for good measure
. . . and Father Gordon sa[w] [hi]m[e],
and he wasn’t angry [that the poet]
saw fit [to recline in the new]. . . [bo]d[a]y.
Alas, even a[n] [ugly] [body] has merit. . .
Thus he decline[s/d support].
[Physician [Dude], . . . ] How?
06 Fragment I: final version @ 87 [should I make it]
[ . . . al]ways p[r]ay for it. . .
your [h]opes of h[ope]
[while wishing yo]u were more valid. . .
[and nearer to the planetary] align[ment]s so far away [today], tomorrow
will be [nearer to you] and in
[ . . . ] the pack[et] of your [re]collection
[she/he/they] [love/s?] you[me]. . .
postop prop pamphlet
bend left bottom of back
breaks back
multiple creases
spine stress
lines cover spine
breaks back
indent full center of front torso
bend right bottom of front
multiple boundary tears
multiple fractures
brain breaks
breaks vision
crunched right knee
breaks leg
spine stress
breaks back
spine stress
breaks aback
multiple lesions left center lobe
mind stress
breaks color
mind stress
breaks contour
spine stress
breaks will
multiple breaks
spine stress
lines cover mind stress
spine stress covers brain break
multiple breaks color
creased body
tear left center
of right eye
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