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By Jack Joseph Smith

To make up for lost time What love did The way it stoped life The way it crushed everything inbetween I never even considered anything better than her face I guess I was always agaist Disfigured badly Enough for me to write and them to leave

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AI Interpretation

GPT

Love is remembered as a force that stopped life and crushed everything inbetween, leaving the speaker disfigured badly enough that writing becomes the residue of loss.

The page treats heartbreak as visible damage. Its deliberately retained source spellings give the confession a rough immediacy rather than a polished retrospective tone.


Claude

Love that stopped life, crushed everything in between. Never considered anything better than her face. Disfigured badly — enough to write, enough to leave.