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By Jack Joseph Smith

Forget Me Not Wish for me to become The first word in this poem I did not have a thought When I saw you turn and walk away Into silance would not be correct I dining, you drinking And that is true I love to be white It should be easy for an American So I see you only want to play with life Maybe since you were a child you haven't even made a choice. Seeing wicked as a wond isn't unusual Many have seen the end when the Sun goes across the Moon

Original Scan

AI Interpretation

GPT

This variant of 'Forget Me Not' turns abandonment into a meditation on innocence, identity, and the uneasy ease of being an American.

The page is more socially charged than the companion version. Cleaning the OCR clarifies its references to whiteness, childhood, wickedness, and choice, making the separation feel tied to moral history, not just personal loss.

Claude

''''Forget Me Not' third pass -- the Sun going across the Moon as shared witness of the end. 'I love to be white / It should be easy for an American.' The speaker charges the addressee with never having made a choice since childhood.'''