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By Jack Joseph Smith

Maybe she wants to talk about high places, but this is not the time Everyone should be aware of the fact, there hasen't been a walk in the park for thirty five years,, and in her thought, there was not a dream, she can not be wished for, do not let her life stop now,, and do you remember when she turned the corner,, of course not tough guy, your tossing a can; see what it comes to, very important ways, well no way at all, seeing me is seconds, it is hard isn't it, cause I have never seen you

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High places, broken time, and a woman who cannot be wished into existence become the ground for a hard warning that no one has had an easy walk for thirty-five years.

The page refuses nostalgia and fantasy at the same time, especially in its insistence that this is not the moment for elevated talk. Her life must not stop, but the speaker treats that fact as urgent reality rather than consoling hope. The ending turns rough and confrontational, making memory, masculinity, and importance collapse into a few hard seconds of failed recognition.

Claude

This untitled prose-poem refuses elevation and fantasy: 'Maybe she wants to talk about / high places, but this is not / the time', insisting 'there hasen't been / a walk in the park for thirty / five years.' She 'can not / be wished for', yet 'do not let her life / stop now.' It turns confrontational - 'do you remember when / she turned the corner,, of course not / tough guy, your tossing a can' - and deflates importance entirely: 'very important ways, / well no way at all', ending on failed recognition, 'cause I have never / seen you.'