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By Jack Joseph Smith
U think
Insult,, casting my hand aside
There I told you
to get your hand off her shoulder
Denver Chinese Mexican
On the Ohio River
The hatered strong enough
To be transformed to me
By Jack Joseph Smith
Original Scan
AI Interpretation
Under the title 'U think,' the page captures a charged social scene of insult, touch, racial naming, and hatred redirected toward the speaker.
The corrected title and cleaned indentation make the confrontation easier to follow without smoothing its volatility. The poem still reads as a compact transfer of social force from one body to another.
An incident fragment. Insult, casting my hand aside — I told you to get your hand off her shoulder. Denver Chinese Mexican on the Ohio River. Hatred strong enough to be transformed to me.