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By Jack Joseph Smith

Native Sons Gods son help us native sons Maybe there is a new one with an absolute arrow The standred of an immediate star Shucken it and having a good time with the distance between two points Coming toward the middle fast with the fight against gravity increasing to where Jesus thought about going the other way down On the ship you see the sky when it rolls, and you see the Earth fold It is all around you You don't know if your in Heaven, or burning up To close to the Sun we have come To far away to stay its friend

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The poem addresses 'native sons' through images of gravity, ships, Heaven, burning, and the sun, turning identity into a cosmic and bodily trial.

The cleaned transcript makes the page's motion clearer: the poem moves from a plea to 'Gods son' into navigation, falling, rolling sky, and solar danger. Its misspellings and pressure points are part of the page's character, giving the metaphysical argument a rough, urgent texture.

Claude

Native Sons. Gods son help us native sons; a new one with an absolute arrow. Fast with the fight against gravity, increasing to where Jesus thought about going the other way down. On the ship you see the sky when it rolls, and the Earth fold. Too close to the Sun; too far to stay its friend.