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Found poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

No One Goes Crazy Alone / Barron, Susan., 1991

 Item
Identifier: CC-23205-23644
Scope and Contents

The poem was made by linking headlines from the New York Times which are pasted onto a white ribbon to form a scroll. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Penis Stone / Susan Barron., 1993

 Item
Identifier: CC-29884-31271
Scope and Contents

Suan Barron found this stone in the shape of a penis on Miami Beach while walking with Ruth Sackner. The loose sheet reads, " Megiddo: Upper Egypt 8th c. B.C.E. Antiquities Trust Verification." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Sackner Potatos / Susan Barron., 1993

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Identifier: CC-29885-31272
Scope and Contents

Susan Barron collected rocks from the Sackners' garden, painted them to resemble potatos, and placed them in a paper bag used for potatos. The collaged texts read, "This hardy variety of SPUDS is grown in Miami Beach, Florida, under the strict supervision of Reb Marvin's & Dr. Ruth's Non-Invasive Monitoring Systems exclusively! Processed & packaged in Brooklyn under the evil eye of the Rebbitzin of Dubious Repute {a.k.a. Suzette de la Crepe} in the Borough of Brooklyn - Park Slope Branch." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993