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By Jack Joseph Smith

SPEAKING OF THE DEVIL HE SAYS I don't Not Concious WANT TO BE I didn't think there would be alot of differance in the stars I knew that rocks made form beneath the deep blue sea And were all the same for hand picking along a thousand river beads No judgement in how far you fall Slipping into what is the matter of feet, against the fathoms, that do dare you to matter at all I never cared about Europe, and they don't drink in the Middle East' I went and hung a long line with the North Star

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AI Interpretation

GPT

This 'SPEAKING OF THE DEVIL' page links rocks, stars, rivers, Europe, the Middle East, and consciousness to a search for what matters beneath changing surfaces.

The handwritten opening turns the page toward consciousness before the typed meditation begins. Even in its rough form, the page has a sober wideness and feels like a worldly counterweight to the manuscript's more local scenes.

Claude

'''Another 'Speaking Of the Devil' pass (hand subtitle). Rocks made from beneath deep blue sea, thousand river beads, no judgment in falling. 'I never cared about Europe, and they don't drink in the Middle East.' North Star line strung.'''