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By Jack Joseph Smith

Little Things That Are First It is good to be a warror; latter it is better, to see a warror as well If the eyes or eye is shifting,, then the war is difinately,, inside the brain Face to face,, right off Ibeg you about the idea Of terror having no fear Yes, gentel as lace,, I still down for a friend,, I'd guess I would go Nothing to look up to, folly and the far hill Sleek as judgement always twice will be done A song is a stretch, a poem stays now A short story is a magazine A doctor's office A novel is what you have been

Original Scan

AI Interpretation

GPT

Warrors, terror, lace, friendship, poems, stories, doctors' offices, magazines, and novels all enter this page as a strange taxonomy of forms, courage, and what lasts.

The verified page feels essay-like in a good way. It sorts genres of life as much as genres of writing, moving from inner war to the claim that a novel is what a person has been.

Claude

Little Things That Are First. Good to be a warrior — later, better to see a warrior as well. If the eye is shifting, the war is definitely inside the brain. Terror having no fear. A song is a stretch; a poem stays now. A short story is a magazine, a doctor's office. A novel is what you have been.