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By Jack Joseph Smith
Upset
My long line taken
from the sea
My ladder
off the ground
Original Scan
AI Interpretation
GPT
Upset compresses agitation into a few spare images of a line taken from the sea, a ladder, and unstable elevation.
The poem feels provisional on purpose. Upset is given not as explanation but as structure, with the sea and ladder images suggesting something extended outward and then lifted uncertainly off the ground.