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By Jack Joseph Smith

Every second sure as shit Shouts across the sky A second shouts Yes am I Let little be the leaf that floated across the river It is alright A place that you can't go Sure it is best To stay on top of the mountain And let things spin around

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AI Interpretation

GPT

The page moves from sky-shouting intensity to a floating leaf and then to the mountain top, balancing cosmic urgency against a wish to stay above the spin of things.

Its energy comes from contrast. The verified text restores the repeated `second shouts` movement, then turns toward a vantage point calm enough to let things spin around below.


Claude

Every second as shouts across the sky. Let little be the leaf across the river. A place you can't go — best to stay on top of the mountain and let things spin around.