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By Jack Joseph Smith

But go ahead and tell them to take the change Simply because you adore yourself And have studied the gust of wind that will keep you an image All the way to the place you have seen Never perfect I said self, and let's keep it that way

Original Scan

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AI Interpretation

GPT

This brief page turns self-adoration, change, and image-making into a warning about how identity gets fixed by vanity.

The gust of wind image is strong because it suggests a self held together by force and motion rather than substance. The closing command to keep it at 'self' sounds knowingly defensive.


Claude

'''Continuation of 'The Sling' -- take the change. 'Simply because you adore yourself / And have studied the gust of wind that will keep you an image.' Final imperative: 'I said self, and let's keep it that way.''''