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By Jack Joseph Smith

Gem and Geometry No, I did not know; for any part of the Earth was different. Sight out of darkness,, of any child; anyplace. And maybe we have made life, so that the sweetness in sorrow is our best way. And have we not seem the sort of all Moons last for a second. Knowing a big place from top to bottom. Happy and free; Exploring, crossing the universe with truth the formation of the NEW ONES largest rock. We have always known across the stars a streight line between two points is incorrect. So I have watched and seen the reach, falling away with vision,, success, the dethronement of gold. The impossibility of giving back, but hen there is the saying thanks to good luck wheather you took it or not, Grabbing on to the people farthest away. There perhaps your soul will get you by.

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AI Interpretation

GPT

The poem links geology, geometry, sorrow, children, moons, stars, luck, and the handwritten phrase 'NEW ONES' to argue that truth and human attachment do not move in straight lines.

The corrected transcript restores the poem's cosmic scale and its practical ending. The handwritten insertion sharpens the sense of revision, as if the speaker is naming a new order inside the typed meditation.

Claude

Gem and Geometry. Didn't know that any part of the Earth was different. Sight out of darkness of any child's anyplace. Sweetness in sorrow our best way; all Moons last for a second. A straight line between two points is incorrect across the stars. Dethronement of gold. Grabbing the people farthest away — perhaps your soul will get you by.