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By Jack Joseph Smith

CLOSE Do not think about a time when intellectual was good for life Think now about no thought Not that the average person does not know about being put away It would seem just a little bit cleaner If one person would have gone beyond: And mentioned it,. or worse, raised their voice about itt

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AI Interpretation

GPT

Under the handwritten title 'CLOSE,' the page rejects detached intellectualism and asks for the courage to speak plainly about confinement and social disposal.

The scan-supported title sharpens the poem's pressure: this is not an abstract argument, but an insistence on proximity. The retained odd ending, 'about itt,' keeps the typed page's roughness intact.

Claude

Don't think about a time when intellectual was good for life. Think now about no thought. The average person knows about being put away — it would be cleaner if one person had mentioned it, or worse, raised their voice about it.