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Mystical Lichen Falls Through the Fonts
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M Y S T I C A L L I C H E N F A L L S T H R O U G H T H E F O N T S At dawn, when the heart in its homespun freedom gasps at the accurate aw of the crow, the lichens line the trees & stones to write without limit in extravagant fonts: no split, splayed Ws, spare Vs in Helvetica to Roman Times, some Cs in Cambria, the species race in Kabbalistic thought from syllable to sense, Everna, Usnea, italic Garamond— From cracks in back of the start of time where the arch of intention freed itself, love moved through the signs, Ramalina, Flavoparmelia, Candelaria concolor, to write on fences in groups of cloud & there the burning soul will rest at one with the burning maker. Sit down with the gray-green world where a world will write itself, go on— you were not there when it began; it can go on without you— 9 2 ...