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By Jack Joseph Smith

Striding without a smoke Along the much less than two way drives One would have to think Very structural gallant with gas lantern nights One felt; they wanted you to see the wooden of their insides Even if you didn't know it Their was a courage, a respect For looking back After all They just wanted you to know, what was on their wall I saw one chandelier after another

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GPT

Gas-lantern nights, wooden interiors, courage, retrospection, and chandeliers become part of a page about how places want to be read by those passing through them.

The handwritten chandelier addition makes the page's visual memory explicit. The buildings seem to ask for recognition, not just habitation.

Claude

The walk closes 'Striding without a smoke / Along the much less / than two way drives,' past 'gas lantern nights' and houses that seem to want to be seen: 'they wanted you to see / the wooden of their insides.' The speaker reads this exposure as 'courage, a respect / For looking back' -- the homes 'just wanted you to know, / what was on their wall.' The handwritten coda lands the title image: 'I saw one / chandelier / after another.'