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By Jack Joseph Smith

Stink So sober now Can't see the lie The wonder of boordum Don't get drunk Go to work Pass through the valley Sing in the canyon Don't sleep by the ocean shore Drift down the mountain with your plank Fish with getting stung Come on out and go to film Sit back and fall in front of something new to you

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AI Interpretation

GPT

Stink turns sobriety, work, valleys, canyons, ocean shore, mountain drifting, fishing, film, and newness into blunt practical advice.

The poem's authority comes from plain commands. Correcting the OCR restores the odd source phrase 'The wonder of boordum', which fits the poem's rough anti-glamour.

Claude

''''Stink' -- sobriety as blindness to one's own lie. 'Time wonder of poordum.' Don't sleep by the ocean shore; drift down the mountain on a plank; 'Fish with getting stung.''''