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By Jack Joseph Smith

Look Don't look; seeing is where it is at Even in old Mexico they spoke like that I was in one place,, and then in another,, then you just have to go No clue with the change Laughter has a looking back Wonder has the same place Joy, dream, and skipping I had nothing to say,, swam wise Then the automobile pulled out And by and by walking was not normal Pull it together and just look and I did the unusual and they were all gone

Original Scan

AI Interpretation

GPT

Seeing is separated from mere looking here, and travel, motion, wonder, and disappearance all become part of a lesson about attention in a shifting world.

The poem keeps changing locations and modes of movement, but its real subject is perception. The scan-corrected travel lines make 'just look' feel like a difficult discipline, not a simple act.

Claude

Look. Don't look; seeing is where it is at — even in old Mexico they spoke like that. Laughter has a looking back; wonder has the same place. The automobile pulls out, walking stops being normal, and the others are simply gone.