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Let us dismantle evil
and take down its scaffolding

Let us pull down its planks
unbolt it at the seams and
return the material to its owners

Uncovering the hidden tower
revealed to sudden daylight
unfenced in the raw air

Grey twilight gone.
barbed wire removed
rusty nails pulled out
one
by
one

Passersby question:
the ‘for rent’ sign is gone
lights are back on.

Original owners moved back in
the mail: return to sender.

© Nancy Rakoczy. All Rights Reserved.


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Nancy Rakoczy has a MA from Hunter College in English and a BFA from Pratt Institute. Her ongoing education includes advanced poetry workshops at the Unterberg Poetry Center at the 92nd Street Y. Her poetry has been published by Harlin Jacque Publications, The National Catholic Reporter, Olivetree Review, Perspectives and can be found at:
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1141/is_26_40/ai_n6029422
http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/ology/perspectives.shtml,
http://www.lindamichellebaron.com/rakoczy/index.html

You can see my work on the Queens Museum, Queens Artists Index. I recently participated in Decompression 2008 at Floyd Bennett Field, where I scorched, burned and melted my "Hairshirt with Long Sleeves." I was also at Figment, on Governor's Island in June and ArtSpy's "Hooked," hosted by the Queens Council of the Arts and QPTV. I've exhibited my work at the Queens Museum's, Decompression 2007, the Meat Space Gallery in L.I.C., NY, as part of the Queens Council of the Arts, Project Diversity, the Skylight Gallery in Brooklyn, and the Master Arts Gallery in Manhattan.
She lives in Queens.

Want to see me on cable? Click here for the latest schedule of "Hooked." Queens Council of the Arts sponsors the half-hour artSpy shows on QPTV.

Mystic Bedroom is a proposal for an installation 72" x 96" composed of a bed, Shroud: Unwrapping Lazarus; Cape: The Good News; Hairshirt with Long Sleeves and the painting, Racist IV. This new piece is inspired by bedrooms of various mystics such as Thomas Merton, Fr. Solanos Casey, and St. Theresa of Avila. Click on the various elements to view them in a larger size. Visit the site to see what else I've added to Mystic Bedroom. Care to share your ideas what I should add? Visit my blog
NEW PAINTINGS
Racist IV: Salvation Offered to the Racist by a Native American Saint and Angels, 2008, 20" x 30" acrylic and cut paper on acid free illustration board
Obverse Living Room II (with TV), 2008; 30" x 40" acrylic and cut paper on acid free illustration board
All images and writings are property of Nancy Rakoczy © 2008