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By Jack Joseph Smith

Influence Let us go with all the great writers Which about this title are what matter Way back, we know when it started Thoughts on paper, script upon a tree Line them down on a scrol Roll it up and put it in the hand of Christ For did not Jesus stay within them all I will not start You know them by heart In the stream of seconds You have listened until I have been done I think he has the best draft With them all put together The great lines Maybe cause He is the only one alone

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AI Interpretation

GPT

Influence imagines literary tradition as a sacred archive, with writing carried from paper and tree to scrol and finally into Christ, who becomes the keeper or final editor of all great lines.

The poem is grand in a way that fits the title. Influence is not merely stylistic inheritance here; it is spiritual transmission.

Claude

Influence. The great writers — thoughts on paper, script upon a tree, lined down on a scroll, rolled and put in the hand of Christ. Jesus stayed within them all. The speaker won't start; you know them by heart. He has the best draft maybe because He is the only one alone.