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By Jack Joseph Smith

Considerate and careful Don't watch a living hell It takes away from the first time you had a thought We really don't try to be inteligant we just find out The good in thought Care can cause correctoors No one takes a flower from your hand No one takes away the wind when you want it Your not supposed to be caring about the child laughing or crying when: the child looks up You are to be concerned about what the child is looking at

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"Considerate and careful" sets attention against living hell, false intelligence, care, flowers, wind, and the demand to notice what a child is looking at.

The scan-checked text gives the page a clear ethical focus. It distinguishes sentimental concern for the child from attention to the child's own object of attention.

Claude

Titled 'Considerate and careful,' an ethic of attention worked out in plain declaratives. It warns that to 'watch a living hell' 'takes away / from the first time you / had a thought,' and disclaims effort: 'We really don't try / to be inteligant / we just find out / The good in thought.' The pivot 'Care can cause correctoors' (source spelling) makes solicitude itself suspect. The poem ends by redirecting love outward - 'Your not supposed to be caring / about the child laughing or crying'; instead 'You are to be concerned / about what the child is / looking at.' Attention is reframed as following another's gaze rather than fixing on the person.