[syndicate] beaten

[Alan Sondheim]

beaten
the results of a beating at brown university 1961 - my nose never healed
properly. on the other hand, a study towards death and the convulsions of
future collapse. i dream of medical beds and testimonies, ICUs and pale
and haggard nurses. it's the beating that did it, when i was covered with
blood wandering around the green. when i was covered with blood looking
for don. when i wanted don to scream. when the guard took me to the
hospital. when don kept sleeping. now this seems stupid. most of my work
is stupid. it's the beating that did it. the beating turned me criminal.
it was my second beating but the first reported. if you hit me i'm a
fright. if you hit me i make a film. http://www.asondheim.org/beaten.mp4