[CupcakeKleidoscope] CUPCAKE KALEIDOSCOPE #22 7-9-03

[joseph and donna mcelroy]

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CUPCAKE KALEIDOSCOPE # 22 7/9/03
Newsletter from Cor[porat]e [Per]form[ance] Art[ists]

Publisher & Executive Editor - joseph and donna 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

COLLABORATION #1 FROM SCREENBURN - A CHAIR THAT SEATS MANY 
PEOPLE, THOUGH ONE STARTS ALONE
NOMAD UPDATE
WANTED: ARTISTS, DESIGNER AND FOOD VENDORS
FORGOTTEN AFGHANISTAN
THE SENTIENT OFFICE IS COMING
NUDE MAN CARROT
I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS
EXPERIENCE THE BRONX 
BRONX ARTS ENSEMBLE – SUMMER CONCERT SERIES
IN THE ABSENCE OF RECOMBINATION –  OPENING JULY 12, 2003 
@ BRONX RIVER ART CENTER
LONGWOOD CYBER RESIDENCY – RECEPTION JULY 16, 2003 
@ HOSTOS COMMUNITY COLLEGE
LE  PETIT VERSAILLES GARDEN
PENGUIN ON THIN ICE?
FIVE OPERAS - ONLINE
U.S. HEALTHCARE: THE FREE CHOICE TO SUCK
REMOTE CONTROL OF THE BRAIN
THE ART OF WAR
POST-WAR IRAQ: QUAGMIRE OR MASTER PLAN?
INTEGRITY BREEDS DISSENT
VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS CAN BE PLAYED WITH HAPTIC CONTROLLERS
ANTIOXIDANTS REVERSE AGE-RELATED LEARNING DEFICITS IN MICE
DEATH OF THE 40-HOUR WORKWEEK? 
THE SCREWING OF CYNTHIA MCKINNEY
EYEBEAM PRESENTS ROBOT: A FOUR DAY FESTIVAL OF ROBOTIC
    TALENT, WORKSHOPS, AND PRESENTATIONS
THE WORLD SAYS NO TO BUSH
THESE TWO NOW STARVE FOR SKY - LEWIS LACOOK


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COLLABORATION #1 FROM SCREENBURN - A CHAIR THAT SEATS MANY PEOPLE, 
THOUGH ONE STARTS ALONE


http://www.electrichands.com/sketches/collab2/index.html

Jukka Lehmus
Joseph and Donna McElroy
Christophe Bruno
Laura Floyd
Lewis LaCook
Martha Deed
Michael Szpakowski
Millie Niss

Last month, on the screenburn group list, Joseph McElroy suggested a 
group of artists take pieces of a sketch of his and, independently, 
work the sketch into a hypermedia work. These works would be put 
together on one page to form the sketch. And these works form this 
work, which is the first hypermedia collaboration to come from this 
group devoted to collective creation.

You will need:
Flash 6
Shockwave
Soundcard

http://www.electrichands.com/sketches/collab2/index.html


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NOMAD UPDATE


We visited the New York Botantical Garden, of course in The Bronx, 
for the kick off celebration of Bronx Week.  Our friends, Bill & Lia 
joined us for a day of picnicking & music & entertainment with our 
fellow Bronxites.   Our photos include Joseph, winner of the rose 
raffle.  A raffle was held for the 2004 selection of hybrid tea roses 
& the winner, Joseph McElroy, is now the proud owner of Memorial Day, 
the 2004 selected winner of the Peggy Roosevelt Rose Garden 
competition.  Joseph & I are having a great time caring for our new 
pet rose.  Cultivating it in a clay pot, feeding it rose food, & 
making sure it gets adequate water.  See our photos of the day at: 
http://www.electrichands.com/flowers/botanical_garden_june_14_2002/
And stay tuned for more updates as we grow our pet.

The New York Botanical Garden is a 250-acre estate including tree & 
shrub collections, specialized gardens and conservatory collections 
of tropical and subtropical plants. One of the oldest and largest 
botanical gardens in the world, The New York Botanical Garden in the 
Bronx is a museum of plants and a National Historic Landmark

For more info, please visit:  www.nybg.org

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WANTED: ARTISTS, DESIGNER AND FOOD VENDORS

*Generic Street vendors need not apply. 

I would like to invite all of you to the first annual HOWL! Festival -
 a combination town meeting, family reunion and county fair, 
celebrating the East Village. This festival is sure to be an amazing 
grass roots show of art, film, music, fashion and poetry right in the 
heart of New York's counter culture, The East Village. 

Legendary events of the East Village such as Wigstock, Charlie Parker 
Jazz Festival, Art Around the Park and The first annual Alan Ginsberg 
Poetry Festival are expected to draw as many as 100,000 visitors to 
the area.

The festival itself will run from August 20 - August 26, however the 
street vending portion of the festival will only take place on August 
23 and 24. You have the option of a one or two day booth.

Please visit www.howlfestival.com/ vendors for more information or to 
download an application.

Feel free to pass this information on to anyone who may be interested.

Thank you,
Charles Branstool
Exit9 Gift Store
www.shopexit9.com

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FORGOTTEN AFGHANISTAN

Teresa DiFalco, PopMatters

The world has moved on, but this astonishing journalistic travelogue 
through two Afghan wars is a heartbreaking gift from one woman to a 
broken country.

http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=16281

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THE SENTIENT OFFICE IS COMING

Sentient computing systems are likely to be everywhere within five 
years -- listening and watching, and ready to anticipate their users' 
every...

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NUDE MAN CARROT

Vegetable put thru its paces.

http://www.maui.net/~liam/nudecarrot/nudemancarrot.html


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I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS

Earnest story of following a vision to become an artist.  Good site 
for Jesus fans. 

http://www.members.aol.com/JesusImages/

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EXPERIENCE THE BRONX 

Bronx River Art Center
1087 East Tremont Ave., Bronx, NY 10460
(718) 589.5819
www.bronxriverart.org

presents
 
 
IN THE ABSENCE OF RECOMBINATION
curated by Rubén Gutiérrez

Artemio
José Dávila
Luis Miguel Suro
Mario García Torres
3er 1/5
 
 "In the Absence of Recombination" proposes an analysis of the new 
art being created in Mexico. By presenting the work of five Mexican 
artists, the exhibition attempts to investigate the strategies 
artists use to produce and distribute their work. These tactics 
encompass appropriations, an obsessive interest in archiving everyday 
life, site-specific  interventions  and the use of mass-produced 
materials. These new creators, all of them in their 30's, produce 
their work based on their assimilation of history and their 
familiarity with 'language' and new technologies.
 
And, A MEXICAN VIDEO EXTRAVAGANZA
curated by María Alós

Maurricio Alejo
Gonzalo Lebrija
Rodrigo Loyola
Edgar Orlaineta
and many others
The program is not tied to specific themes. It responds more to the 
different approaches and concerns that Mexican artists have today and 
how they are represented through this medium.
July 12 - August 9, 2003
 Opening Reception: Saturday July 12, 3-6 PM
The Bronx River Art Center is located at
1087 East Tremont Ave., Bronx, NY 10460
(718) 589.5819
(718) 860-8303 fax
www.bronxriverart.org
Gallery Hours M-F 3 - 6:30pm & Saturday Noon - 5pm

Directions:
Train:	#2 or 5 to West Farms Square/East Tremont. Walk one block 
east to Bronx Street.
Bus:  #s B9, 21, 36, 40, 42, Q44 to East Tremont and Boston Road
Car:  Bruckner Expressway to Sheridan Expressway and exit at East 
Tremont Ave. left at stoplight one block to E. Tremont, left one 
block to Bronx St., or Cross Bronx Expressway to Rosedale Ave. exit. 
Left onto Rosedale Ave. to Tremont Ave., left onto Tremont Ave.  Four 
blocks to West Farms Square.
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BRONX ARTS ENSEMBLE – SUMMER CONCERT SERIES

Friday July 4th;  Sundays July 17th – August 20th  @ 2PM

Van Cortlandt Park, Rockwood Drive
Enter at  Broadway & Moshulu Avenue

A salute to George M Cohan featuring Jazz and Dixieland favorites by 
Cohan and other great musicians.  For more information, please call 
718-601-7399.


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 LONGWOOD CYBER RESIDENCY 

Longwood is proud to present the 2003 summer group exhibition of new 
web projects and gallery work by the 2001-2002 Resident Artists
Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos Community College in the Bronx

July 1 – July 31, 2003
Reception  Wednesday July 16, 2003 5pm - 8pm

Free Admission

718.401.7866 | longwood at bronxarts.com

Monday - Thursday | 10am - 6pm

Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos 
Hostos Community College/CUNY
450 Grand Concourse at 149th Street

2, 4, 5 Train; Bx1, Bx19 Bus to 149th St. & Grand Concourse

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LE  PETIT VERSAILLES GARDEN -  is pleased to present the following 
public 
events

  
Le Petit Versailles       346 East Houston St. @ Avenue C 
  
 petitversailles at earthlink.net 

RAIN OR SHINE

Le Petit Versailles, created in 1996 by volunteer community neighbors 
as  a GreenThumb garden, is a project of Allied Productions, Inc. a 
non profit arts organization established in 1981. LPV is a public 
space located at  346 East Houston St. @ Avenue C  in the East 
Village and serves both the general community and visitors from 
around the world. As 
well as providing a green oasis for meditation and relaxation it is 
dedicated to fostering the interest of all segments of the community 
in the arts, broadening and enriching the general public through 
performances, screenings, workshops and similar activities. 

July 19    
Joe Tullgren *  the loosepaper collection concert
8pm   in three parts with a Stephen Kent Jusick film collaboration 

July 26  
Paul Hogan *  Sound Installation & Concert  
5pm  Installation will also be presented August 2nd and 9th

*Funding from Meet The Composer,Inc. is provided with the support of 
NY 
State Council on the Arts,NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, ASCAP, 
Virgil Thomson Foundation, Jerome Foundation, JP Morgan Chase, Mary 
Flagler Charitable Trust. The Eleanor Naylor Dana Charitable Trust, 
the 
Greenwall Foundation, and National Endowment for the Arts?

Events are made possible by Allied Productions,Inc., Gardeners & 
Friends 
of LPV, The Trust for Public Land, GreenThumb/NYC Dept. of Parks, 
Materials for 
the Arts; NYC Dept. of Cultural Affairs, NYC Dept. of Sanitation, & 
NYC Board of 
Education.


RAIN or SHINE

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PENGUIN ON THIN ICE?

Why IBM Should Win in the Fight to Save Linux

Earlier this year, SCO, a Utah-based software company, filed a multi-
billion dollar unfair competition lawsuit in Utah federal court 
against IBM, one of the world's leading information technology 
companies…

http://writ.news.findlaw.com/commentary/20030626_chander.html

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FIVE OPERAS - ONLINE

http://www.somedancersandmusicians.com/5operas.html 

Five `Small but Perfectly Formed' Operas for the Internet

In November 2002 Michael Szpakowski, a British composer and new media 
artist (http://www.somedancersandmusicians.com/michael.html), put out 
a call on the internet for opera libretti, exactly 100 words in 
length.

Fifty-one people replied – their work can be seen at
http://www.somedancersandmusicians.com/operaCall/pieces.html

>From these 51 pieces Michael chose five for development in this Arts 
Council and Epping Forest District Council funded project.

Four of the librettists are form the USA and one from the UK.

The subject matter of the pieces varies enormously:

Rob L Roth and Carletta Joy Walker create a hymn to the edible berry 
in "Smart and Tart Juicing", Lewis Lacook's "Trickle Song" is a 
strange love song between cup and water, in "Woodland Teratology" 
Bruce Conkle investigates the Sasquatch legend and in "East Wind" 
Gordon Phillips adapts a painting by one of the Ashington Group – 
working class painters active in Northumberland in the 1930s. Finally 
Zack Sims creates a surreal world in which George Washington, a fox 
and a hen, muse, play and bicker in "A Short Essay on Imaginary 
Solitude (With George Washington)"

In January 2003 Michael set these five pieces to music and then 
rehearsed intensively through February and March with a group of 
singing students from Epping Forest College as principals and a 
chorus consisting of year 5 students from Chipping Ongar Primary 
School.

Far from being a tokenistic "outreach" project this work made serious 
demands on all the participants, which they passed with flying 
colors. Since the musical performances were recorded Michael has been 
working intensively to create accompanying visuals. The result is 
five small but perfectly formed operas of between 1 and 3 minutes in 
length delivered through the Internet.
 
http://www.somedancersandmusicians.com/5operas.html 

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U.S. HEALTHCARE: THE FREE CHOICE TO SUCK

Not only are Americans paying more for worse medical care than those 
in other modern countries, our miracle drugs are almost entirely 
developed using tax dollars. Why? 

http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=16271

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REMOTE CONTROL OF THE BRAIN

Direct brain-to-brain communication is a key goal of DARPA's $24 
million Brain Machine Interface program -- almost 10% of DARPA's 
basic research budget, according to a Nature June 19 article. 
Research also includes a Silicon chip to replace parts of the brain 
(the hippocampus is first)....

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THE ART OF WAR
 
If you look to the arts to find meaningingful responses to Sept. 11, 
you'll find mostly superficial attempts -- if any.

http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=16259


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POST-WAR IRAQ: QUAGMIRE OR MASTER PLAN?
 
The increasingly disastrous situation in Iraq may be a result of 
neoconservative hubris or, more ominously, part of a master plan.

http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=16254

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INTEGRITY BREEDS DISSENT
 
The first in a series on American values and principles explores 
examples past and present of the difficulty and rewards of being true.

http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=16234

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VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS CAN BE PLAYED WITH HAPTIC CONTROLLERS

 A virtual musical instrument capable of creating sounds not possible 
in the physical world has been developed Professor David Howard, Head 
of the Music Technology Group at York University, according to BBC 
News. Cymatic is both a
physical modelling sound synthesis environment and a musical...

http://www.kurzweilai.net/email/newsRedirect.html?newsID=2080&m=4905

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ANTIOXIDANTS REVERSE AGE-RELATED LEARNING DEFICITS IN MICE

UCLA neuroscientists have reversed a "dramatic loss of learning and 
memory function" in aging mice using antioxidants, as reported in 
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. June 18. "Chronic systemic administration of 
two synthetic catalytic scavengers of reactive oxygen species, 
Eukarion experimental compounds...

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DEATH OF THE 40-HOUR WORKWEEK? 
 
Already overworked Americans are facing new workplace rules that 
could turn offices into all-night crash pads.

http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=16218

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THE SCREWING OF CYNTHIA MCKINNEY
 
How the New York Times, NPR and others drove a U.S. congresswoman out 
of office based on a quote that was never uttered. 

http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=16172

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EYEBEAM PRESENTS ROBOT: A FOUR DAY FESTIVAL OF ROBOTIC TALENT, 
WORKSHOPS, AND PRESENTATIONS

Saturday, July 12 thru Tuesday,  July 15, 2003

New York, NY, June 5, 2003‹Eyebeam, the not-for-profit organization
dedicated to art and technology, will host ROBOT, a four-day festival
featuring a robotic talent show, exhibition, workshops, 
presentations, party
and massage parlor. ROBOT will take place from July 12  15, 12-6pm 
daily at
Eyebeam¹s Chelsea facility located at 540 West 21st Street between 
10th and
11th Avenues. The four-day event will examine current applications of
robotic technologies on creative practices, activism, consumerism and
physical intimacy. Eyebeam will conclude the event July 15 with a 
party
from 6-10pm featuring music by DJ-I ROBOT, the first random-access, 
fully
analog robotic DJ. All events are open to the public free of charge 
with a
suggested donation.


SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FOR ROBOT

… Saturday, July 12
12-6pm ArtBots: The Robot Talent Show

… Sunday, July 13
12-6pm ArtBots: The Robot Talent Show

… Monday, July 14
12-6pm Tickle Salon and select Robot Talent Show participants on view
6-8pm Mindstorms Workshop
6-8pm Feral Robotic Dogs Workshop

… Tuesday, July 15
12-6pm Tickle Salon and select Robot Talent Show participants on view
6-10pm Artist Presentations and After-Party

Tickle Salon
Eyebeam is pleased to host the U.S. premiere of the Tickle Salon at 
ROBOT.
The Tickle Salon, by Dutch artists Erwin Driessens and Maria 
Verstappen, is
a robotic installation based on the concept of automated stroking. The
massaging machine is designed to stroke with untiring attention and
subtleness, uniting the artists¹ interests in "meta creativity, 
biology and
artificial intelligence, and of course the pleasure of being 
stroked." The
Tickle Salon will be in operation throughout the run of ROBOT and 
attendees
will be able to enjoy a private massage on a first-come, first-serve 
basis.

ArtBots: The Robot Talent Show
Featuring the work of 23 artists and groups from six countries, the 
show is
a hybrid combining aspects of both a juried art exhibition and a 
traditional
talent show. Participants include robots that draw, paint, sculpt, 
sing,
dance, and play musical instruments. In keeping with the "Robot 
Talent Show"
theme, attendees will be invited to vote for their favorite ArtBot. 
Two
awards will be presented at the end of the show: The Audience Choice 
Award
and The Robot's Choice Award (artists vote for their favorite 
ArtBots).
Artbots is curated and produced this year by Douglas Repetto, Philip
Galanter, and Jenny Lee and selected works from the competition will 
be
installed at Eyebeam during the remainder of the ROBOT festival. For 
more
information on Artbots and a list of participating artists and their
projects please visit www.artbots.org/2003.

Workshops
Mindstorms Workshop  This workshop, intended for ages 12 and up, will 
teach
participants of all ages how to build and program their own robots 
using
LEGO Mindstorms (small computers with programmable behaviors) in 
order to
address a specific challenge. Participants will work with an artist 
to learn
the Mindstorm programming language, experiment with the design of a 
physical
computing project, and test the results in their own mini-
robot "runway
show".

Feral Robotic Dogs Workshop  The arts collective Bureau of Inverse
Technology will lead a workshop on building feral robotic dogs. These
semi-autonomous activist robots are created by disassembling and 
rebuilding
commercially available robotic toy dogs. The toys are Œupgraded¹ by
installing a new nose (data collection sensors), a new brain that 
programs
the dogs to "sniff out" contaminants in the environment and by 
mechanically
improving them so that they can traverse outdoor terrain.

Both workshops are open to 20 participants on a first-come, first-
serve
basis.

Artist Presentations and After-Party
Please join Eyebeam¹s Director of Research & Development, Jonah 
Peretti, as
he moderates a panel discussion and series of presentations examining 
ways
in which artificial intelligence impacts contemporary society and 
creative
practice. Participants will include Artbots director Douglas Repetto,
Natalie Jeremijenko from the Bureau of Inverse Technology, Tickle 
Salon
creators Erwin Driessens and Maria Verstappen, Chico MacMurtrie of 
Amorphic
Robot Works and Chris Csikszentmihalyi of the MIT Media Lab. 
Immediately
following the presentations a performance by Csikszentmihalyi¹s 
amazing
robotic DJ-I ROBOT will kick off a party celebrating the event.

ROBOT is Eyebeam¹s second annual summer event combining exhibitions,
demonstrations and workshops intended to encourage audience 
participation,
open discourse and creative practice with technology and the arts. We 
Love
New York: Mapping Manhattan with Artists and Activists, held in August
2002, examined wireless and surveillance technologies which pervade 
public
spaces. We Love New York featured the worldwide launch of the 
wireless game
Noderunner, recent recipient of the 2003 Ars Electronica Golden Nica 
Award.

Eyebeam is located on 540 W. 21st Street between 10th & 11th Avenues. 
For
more information on Eyebeam or a schedule of programs please visit
www.eyebeam.org, email info at eyebeam.org or call 212-252-5193.

Media Contacts:
Agnes Han/ Annette Gallo
Blue Medium, Inc. 
Tel: (212) 675-1800
Fax: (212) 675-1855
Email: annette at bluemedium.com

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THE WORLD SAYS NO TO BUSH

UNITED FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE
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MASS WORLDWIDE PROTEST DURING THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION IN NEW YORK 
CITY:
SUNDAY, AUGUST 29, 2004

In the last three years, George W. Bush has presided over a radical 
right-wing takeover of the U.S. government whose ramifications have 
been felt all over the world. Not only has he waged two wars, killing 
thousands of innocent people, during his short time in office, but he 
has also implemented a policy of pre-emptive war that violates 
international law and threatens global security. On the home front, 
unemployment soars, the federal budget deficit swells into the 
billions, and states prepare to slash funding for everything from 
healthcare to education, yet Bush responded with two huge tax cut 
that will primarily benefit the wealthy rather than the people who 
are most in need.

On every issue - from environmental regulations and international 
treaty participation to worker rights, civil rights and civil 
liberties - George W. Bush has pushed for unprecedented and 
destructive changes in U.S. foreign and domestic policy that even 
more sharply favor corporations and the wealthy, especially Bush 
Administration supporters at the expense of the people of the world 
and our environment.

Meanwhile, the Bush Administration shamelessly uses the tragic 
attacks of September 11, 2001 to justify its aggressive and 
militaristic policies. In
its most recent attempt to exploit the grief and fear that were 
provoked after September 11, the Republican Party pushed back its 
2004 convention to August 28 - September 2, 2004 and will hold it in 
New York City, not far from Ground Zero.

SAVE THE DATE: ON AUGUST 29, 2004, THE WORLD SAYS NO TO BUSH

On February 15, 2003, millions of people all over the world took to 
the streets in protest with the message The World Says No to War. On 
August 29, 2004, we will come together in New York City and in cities 
throughout the world to say The World Says No to Bush!

We are also organizing a protest for Thursday, Sept. 2, 2004, the day 
of Bush's official selection as the presidential candidate of the 
Republican Party.

Initiated by United for Peace and Justice 
(http://www.unitedforpeace.org), a U.S. anti-war coalition with more 
than 600 member groups. UFPJ looks forward to working with many other 
organizations on this day of protest, so please
contact us at info at unitedforpeace.org if your group wants to work 
collaboratively on these actions and to let us know about other 
actions being planned to coincide with the Republican Convention.

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THESE TWO NOW STARVE FOR SKY -  LEWIS LACOOK

Stinging these chemicals from my eyes
with such soft hopes as wasps leave
in pumice and syrup trails, grinding light
until I can see clear through noon. Oh,

I do love you, packed in your new needed
shell, but I'm lonely for you, stitching
your words which you believe with
assumed large hands, jewel-eyed

clear through me to rotting cave. I struggle
to stand in this room, the dead and
passed still fucking me; you too

escape growing around this route. There are
two of them trapped between the screen and
window, and I'm too afraid to let them in.


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