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By Jack Joseph Smith
Yes it was the
last place to
go, but when
you got to Los
Angeles, it was
the first place
to go.
Original Scan
AI Interpretation
GPT
Los Angeles is described as both the final destination and the true point of beginning.
The line works because it turns a city into a paradox of arrival. It sounds like a note about geography, but it really names a psychological threshold.
Claude
Epigrammatic fragment arranged as verse: yes it was the last place to go but when you got to Los Angeles it was the first place to go. A paradox-line about L.A.'s role in the book.