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By Jack Joseph Smith

Goodby fist, Goodby Sword The image of the Pirate With the patch over his eye It is a lie Take it from me No more depth perception No more eye to hand coordination Certainly gone is the other side off which makes the 180 degrees of no account So look twice before you go to war just for the Hell of it

Original Scan

AI Interpretation

GPT

Using the pirate eye patch as a false badge of romance, the poem argues that damaged perception should make a person less eager for war, not more.

The anti-war point lands because the image is so physical. Lost depth perception becomes a rebuke to macho fantasy.

Claude

Goodby fist, Goodby Sword. The pirate with the patch is a lie — no more depth perception, no more eye-to-hand coordination, gone is the other side which makes the 180 degrees of no account. Look twice before you go to war just for the Hell of it. Monocular geometry as anti-war argument.