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By Jack Joseph Smith
Near i
I suppose we left
There is one wind
That has left
Timbers soft and bayed
Steel sought its last sun
Alumian is natural
Don't you know
Where are raw materials
There is a sound to it
Original Scan
AI Interpretation
GPT
One departing wind, soft timbers, steel seeking its last sun, aluminum called natural, and raw materials heard as sound make nearness feel industrial and elegiac.
Material language replaces human drama, yet the mood remains mournful. Timber, steel, and aluminum seem to age under one wind, as if the built world is entering its afterlight. "There is a sound to it" suggests that substance carries its own music or warning.
Claude
'Near' three (compressed): 'I suppose we left'; one wind, timbers soft and bayed; steel sought its last sun; aluminum is natural; 'where are raw materials / There is a sound to it.'