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By Jack Joseph Smith

Do you think you have forgot something How about a split seeond Not a ehanee Do the arimathie Everyone knows they know everything, they have ever seen From when I was a ehild I have never been residigg, my name has been on every place i have been I was fifty miles away from the ocearr for years, and hardly saw it at all Having nothin, .struggle, and to the end,, it makes warrorries, it makes farmers,,it makes what this eountry is supposed to be. One more mistake, you don't leave, you get angery

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Split seconds, arithmetic, the unseen ocean, and a childhood of struggle define a national self that produces warriors and farmers, then answers one more mistake with anger.

Memory is treated as instant calculation: no chance, do the arithmetic, everyone knows what they have seen. Saying a name has been on every place rejects rootlessness even while admitting a life without real residence. The ocean only fifty miles away but hardly seen becomes a strong image of nearness without possession, and the close turns country into a forge where deprivation teaches anger more readily than departure.

Claude

Never been 'residigg,' his name on every place he has been. Fifty miles from the ocean for years and hardly saw it; having nothing, struggle, to the end makes warriors, farmers, 'what this country is supposed to be.' One more mistake — you don't leave, you get angry.