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By Jack Joseph Smith

Metaphor I never had anything to go bankrupt about I was never material I was always abstract I learned it as young, as you get, playing fogtball Signs and space made reason, . quick to dance * I have never accepted a suggestion, Not giving a damn ment being aware Think of the sides of shallow, is it you or a stream Think of tool, is it the theatre, or a serious mistake Think again of money as a dream, or think you have it, Solow rred a how closely does you mind change, either way blow® I have physically left life, fv Pet nit my mind; hecfond come back to share, physically gone There is always a part missing The subtle and the secret tae The heart and the vanity : , Any lake, and the toss of a smooth stone Giké He

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AI Interpretation

GPT

Abstract life is defended against money and material certainty, with metaphor treated as the missing part that keeps experience unfinished.

Claude

Abstraction is defended not as escape from the material but as the missing piece that keeps experience honest. Without metaphor, certainty hardens into possession.