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By Jack Joseph Smith

Liza: A Poem It is easy to think about grieff Actually it is hard to die early: from heartbreak Thinking about grief Should have nothing to do with work It's not bad,, but it is bad enough to be a good song Your Mother is the first lady I ever slept with that wasn't a working whore I can say as an emperical person That walking away with love; is worse than war Try to catch it on it's upswing After all; a lesson

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The poem argues that heartbreak can be harder than work, song, or even war, moving from grief into a blunt sexual confession and ending with love framed as a lesson caught on its upswing.

The corrected transcript sharpens the speaker's abrasive certainty. Its misspellings and rough punctuation remain part of the typed source, but the poem now reads as an intentional sequence rather than OCR damage.

Claude

Lizas A Poem. Easy to think about grief, hard to die early from heartbreak. Your Mother is the first lady I slept with that wasn't a working whore. Empirical claim: walking away from love is worse than war. Catch it on its upswing — after all, a lesson.