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By Jack Joseph Smith

Work Not a dream,.a wonder,,a chance as wall Go have in your hand, all stories cam telL Danger as a child,, meanong what is next is good To think like a fool when your not at work is fine Clean the line Make the way of cement Better than a filbert treé& Twisted and streight Makes no difference with iromand steel All the way from the ground And up to places no one else willl be,, and back below ground to places most can’t hold om to see It's work with a will With a willingness Yof To he a Ft fo

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AI Interpretation

GPT

Cement, iron, steel, and the descent below ground turn work into a willed passage through places most people cannot bear to see.

Claude

Cement, iron, steel — the materials of descent. Work becomes a willed passage into places most people refuse to see, and the poem insists that this descent is chosen rather than imposed.