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Lichens, never sure how it should be said?
Is it Likens or Lychens, does it matter?
They live a long time but pollution knocks them dead
They are pretty, tiny and look like a splatter
Of paint on wood and stone.
A combination that has scientists bemused
Funghi and photobiont symbiotically linked
Centuries of quiet existence being abused
They replace soil is the most succinct
Explanation of what is known.
Growing in exquisite minute designs
Part of God’s great undertaking
Do we even notice it declines?
Does the mess that we are making
Of the world raise a groan?
The flora and fauna of the Earth
Woke to make it a wonderful place
Somewhere beautiful to give birth
But Lichen hasn’t got a face
When it dies, can we atone?