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By Jack Joseph Smith

Modernr Danger : Men turned on me And I told them to stop They were din dinydin On the walk That’s next . My brain does not slink away AS far as you can get Inever said you were ; proud of your vengancé ; ee . Go ahead out and ssk about moe This being the end of time , I never explained change or talked about grievience Look at this,, have you every seer: anything bettwr:

Original Scan

AI Interpretation

GPT

"Modernr Danger" answers threat with refusal, keeping the mind upright while men turn hostile and time itself feels like it is ending.

The poem's energy comes from not backing away when the group turns and the speaker orders them to stop. It rejects the usual explanatory language of grievance and change, as if those terms are too weak for the present emergency. The closing boast is less vanity than defiance, a last demand that someone recognize the strange beauty of sheer resistance.

Claude

Modern Danger: men turned on me, din din din on the walk. The brain doesn't slink. Not about vengeance. Look at this, have you ever seen anything better.