Transcription of video clip There was a leaf

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(The video shows a series of leaf and tree images, and is narrated by Emmanuel Bilodeau.)

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There was a leaf, with lines...

Luck lines, love lines...

There was a branch at the tip the leaf.
Forked line, sign of life, sign of luck, sign of love.

There was a tree at the tip of the branch.
A tree with a right to life. Right to luck, right to love.
Engraved, gouged, pierced heart. A tree that no one ever saw.

There were roots at the tip of the tree.
Roots, the vines of life, vines of luck, vines of love.

© Jardin botanique de Montréal

At the tip of the roots, was the earth.

Simply the earth.
The earth all round.

The earth all alone through the sky...
The earth.