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By Jack Joseph Smith

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AI Interpretation

GPT

Advice from old men, silent geometry, anxious discovery, religion, science, and an empty field all lead toward making a game and a truth of your own.

The poem respects old men without surrendering to them, since any counsel can become either the best or the worst depending on what the listener makes of it. Geometry is silent while discovery grows anxious and loud, so form and revelation are set against each other from the start. Walking on water and flying in space divide belief from science, but the closing instruction refuses that split and asks the speaker to cross the empty field and draw his own order over it.

Claude

Ask advice from any old man, alone or widely held, and make him either best or worst — knowledge is a big part of growing up. Geometry is silent; discovery gets loud; simple lines that make chance seem real shut your mouth. Closes with start from your own top, walk across an empty field, draw your own game over it.