Page 34
By Jack Joseph Smith
if I lose my spear, I
can't feel the mother
any more
if I lose all my eyes
I still keep my mind
vituperatively
By Jack Joseph Smith
Original Scan
AI Interpretation
This closing fragment moves through losing a spear, losing access to the mother, losing eyes, keeping the mind, and ending on `vituperatively`.
Restoring the spear line makes the fragment feel more bodily and martial before it turns toward mother, sight, and mental survival. The last word keeps the page accusatory and alive even after successive losses.
A three-beat closing: the mother unfeelable, 'if I lose all my eyes / I still keep my mind,' and the single-word stanza 'vituperatively' — Jack naming the book's final posture.