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By Jack Joseph Smith

I would argue the point,. but go ahead and keep on leaving the world if you want to, and when you see good of any kind, it stairs you,. and you can stay,. or you can walk away,. and walk across the close sky; don't mean your from another place,, always means your from where you are, literature she knows, dosen't change, dowen't rool over; it says Jesus it is too much, but I don't quit; way back to spoon feed,. and the cross between delicate and tough, cler for her,. she hasen't killed yet,. and running out of hell can make a good soul tired

Original Scan

AI Interpretation

GPT

The speaker argues with departure itself: goodness can make someone stay or walk away, but origin remains tied to where they are, while literature, Jesus, endurance, and exhaustion press on a woman who has not killed yet.

The poem's misspellings and rough punctuation make its moral pressure feel immediate rather than polished. Literature is not decorative here; it is a stubborn thing that does not change or roll over when the speaker says it is too much. The final movement out of hell leaves survival intact but depleted, turning toughness into fatigue instead of triumph.

Claude

The speaker argues with departure itself -- 'keep on / leaving the world if you / want to' -- insisting that where you are 'always means / your from where you are', not elsewhere. 'Literature / she knows, dosen't change, dowen't / rool over', saying 'Jesus it is too / much, but I don't quit', and the woman who is 'the cross between / delicate and tough' and 'hasen't killed yet' carries the page toward its depleted close: 'running out of / hell can make a good soul tired'.