Poetry The Wayward Gene The severed cord pulled from life and time a figure whose face | know but whose soul is empty My half is heavy bearing generation's burdens to lift the pain of life to startling Truth exalted knowing She was never mine my figure of life-less my giver of love-less she was a withered shell battered by the elements my lacker of happy-ness | am deficiency's child whose blood runs thick with emotion not the hearty stock of her clan | got the wayward gene think too much feel too much hold too much say too much, yet not enough | speak a language she never learned c. 1998 ARTSPEAK GALLERY _ GALLERY HOUR: Tuesday - Saturday 12 - Sharyn Yuen and Josée Bernard Soft Architecture: A Manifesto Curatorial collaboration with Dazibao Gallery, Montréal. _ Text by Lisa Robertson. March 27 - May 8 Mona Hatoum and M Nancy Paterson WAR ZONES Present Tense opening Friday, May 18 @ 8 pm Organized by Presentation House Gallery. Curated by Karen Love and Karen Henry. ‘Karin Bubas New Work opening Friday, Jul. 2 @ 8 pm “July 3- July 31 233 Carraill St. Vancouver, BC V6B 2J2 phone: (604) 688-0051. fax: 685-1 12 e-mail: artspeak@direct.ca * new web site address: http://www.artspeak be. ca wool Artspeak Gallery is a member of the Pacific Association of Artist Run Centres (PAARC) Artspeak Gallery gratefully acknowledges the support of The Canada Council, the Government ‘of BC through the Ministry of Small Business, Tourism and Culture, the City of Vancouver, the Vancouver : Foundation, Heritage Canada, BC 2%, our volunteers and board members. : Good Reasons pro du cti on We're looking for an enthusiastic, design oriented individual to take charge of our production team. 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