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By Jack Joseph Smith

! Early | Snap your fingers Bring it all back . Ancient keep ahold of it All the painters T have knownr Never became famous eause they couldn't give it away | Damm:is it good No matter where you are fo think about California Right in the middle | Stympledé shuchec Where grass and wheet arn't two di¥ferent things whew your ta rag A walk Don't eave if it is quie That would be my opinion

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"Early" snaps memory back into hand, praises obscure painters, and holds California in the mind as a place where grass and wheat almost cease to differ.

The command to snap fingers gives the poem a spell-like tempo, as if recall itself were a physical act. Its painters matter because they could not give the work away, making value inseparable from failure and stubbornness. California arrives not as destination but as a sustaining image of abundance and composure.

Claude

Early: snap your fingers, painters who never became famous because they couldn't give it away. Think about California, grass and wheat aren't two di¥ferent things, keep the quiet.