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By Jack Joseph Smith

Lis \o the Bird an IMA JIE Ch ust it 5fpy, A thought way out there to think B) Fi / / All the way to the end thinking, nothing at all Representation included; what a perfect collection It isn't like Ball & Kerm jars, eaming fruit Cause the last of the ego», dosen*t care, if it gets it right or not Not to say don't take your — well Kind as a wolf's distant howl Terrible as is close to a snarl [ One eye over all Vs EVE ie Vo 4arh Each moment,, every note . . Vv o gd ii w / \/o 4 1V 78 4

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GPT

This page imagines thought stretched to the limit, where the ego’s last scraps no longer care about correctness and poetry hovers between distant howl and near snarl.

The jar image is useful because it rejects any neat idea of preserving meaning intact. What remains of the self is watchful but unsentimental, willing to stand over each moment without pretending mastery. The wolf comparison gives the page its tension, since art here is both far-off music and immediate threat.

Claude

Listen to the Bird: a thought way out there, representation included, what a perfect collection. Not like Ball and Kerr jars canning fruit. Kind as a wolf's distant howl, terrible as close to a snarl.