This work is an homage to the power of language. It is an autobiographical tableau dedicated to The Metropolitan Artists and Poets (MAAPS), an organization I co-founded in the 1980’s. The organization was dedicated to word/image collaboration. A group of writers and artists gathered monthly in John Kelly’s North End loft for evenings of “book assemblings,” poetry reading, performance, and exhibitions. In the video projection the poet Brian George (a regular at the MAAPspace), reads his poem Abraxas. The MAAPS artists and poets were invited to participate in an international mail art event in Ein-Hod Israel. John Kelly and I assembled the 2’ x 28’ electrographic scroll featured here. It is composed of works of copier art and poetry selected from the MAAPS assemblings.