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Normal History Vol. 657: The Art Of David Lester
Every week, we’ll be posting a new illustration by David Lester. The Mecca Normal guitarist is visually documenting people, places and events from his band’s 37-year run, with text by vocalist Jean Smith. Oncethere was the soft glowof a flare sent Amber fragmentknocking out the sky Then there wasthe darknessafter too much light Arc fallenwading through the […]
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Every week, we’ll be posting a new illustration by David Lester. The Mecca Normal guitarist is visually documenting people, places and events from his band’s 37-year run, with text by vocalist Jean Smith.
Once
there was the soft glow
of a flare sent
Amber fragment
knocking out the sky
Then there was
the darkness
after too much light
Arc fallen
wading through the snow
Find the steel
sunk below
Fire in a half plan
shimmer up the cold
“Once” from Dovetail (K, 1992) (download):