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This handwritten fragment moves from looking and a sea captian toward the wish to be a Gossury's MATE, then into sharks, BLUE fish, stars, and the transforming view through A-WOMEN'S EYES.

The page works through quick maritime and celestial images rather than a settled narrative. The desire to be a MATE leads through sharks and BLUE fish before the final lines turn seeing stars into an effect of looking through a woman's eyes. Crossed and illegible fragments are omitted, so the interpretation rests on the scan-supported words.

This fragment stacks quick, disjointed address and image: an opening 'You Los / Look / Like' gives way to 'A sea captian,' and the speaker's wish, 'I try to be a Gossury's / MATE.' Sharks enter through 'Not for Steven or / So Benny & _ get to / pick a shark,' and the catch becomes 'BLUE / fish And baby shark's.' The page then turns from sea-work toward vision and feeling: 'SOMEtimES A MAN SEES / STARS All night through / A-WOMEN'S EYES,' so looking at the sea and looking into a woman's eyes produce the same kind of seeing stars.