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By Jack Joseph Smith

I have been junk Before junk The reminder is well taken When you see the beginning stop at the end When you go back Just as Zen Watch what ever whick way And crossed Fight for your life Who can care a caress Till the ending others have made more not less

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This page moves from junk and beginnings into Zen-like watching, crossing, struggle, and the claim that others' endings have made more rather than less.

The spacing cleanup makes the argument read as a steady sequence rather than isolated fragments. Its discipline lies in watching the beginning and ending without giving up the fight.


Claude

'''Twenty-line meditation on returning: 'I have been junk / Before junk.' Zen as watching whichever way. 'Fight for your life / Who can care a caress / Till the ending others / have made more, not less.''''