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This page withholds both dream and `theame`, yet still places the poem directly in another person's hand.

The corrected scan reading makes the gesture cleaner: the speaker refuses explanation but still offers the poem as a physical trust. The source spelling `theame` gives the short lyric a handmade, unstable feel without weakening its directness.

'''Five short lines: won't tell you my dream, won't tell you about 'the theame I have' -- but will put this poem in your hand. A refusal that delivers.'''