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By Jack Joseph Smith
By Jack Joseph Smith
Original Scan
AI Interpretation
'you see' links gift, education, seeking, war and social changes, hell, romance, the devil, vision, remembrance, and refusing to be finished with the Sun.
It reads like a manifesto of persistence inside contradiction. The source spellings and odd turns keep the thought unstable, which suits a page about change that does not erase the seeker's power.
Titled 'you see,' a manifesto of persistence inside contradiction. It insists 'the power of one who / seeks never changes,' even as 'war and socia; changes / and epartures' (source spelling) shift the ways around it - 'singled and struck in, still it is / the same.' The central imperative embraces extremes: 'Be a part of the hell, be a part of the / romance that rides the devil, see yourself / blazenly, the visions you might not expect / are your own.' It names two constants - 'Tril is a link,, hard is true' - kept 'always in the present' so that 'remberance / only helps you out,' and ends mid-breath on the unfinished refusal 'Don't be finished with the Sun,, and nothing.' The misspellings (socia, epartures, blazenly, Tril, remberance) keep the thought deliberately unstable.