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By Jack Joseph Smith
Id
I'de less ke
I'de less l'
I'de less kill' a rabbit
Than a hman lier
Thus crosses may patience
Make the test
Original Scan
AI Interpretation
GPT
A clipped typed fragment contrasts killing a rabbit, a human liar, patience, and a test.
The page is cryptic but legible as a moral comparison. Its damaged or idiosyncratic wording makes the thought feel unfinished, yet the pressure is clear: violence, lying, patience, and judgment are being weighed against one another.
Claude
A terse typed note weighs the idea of killing a rabbit against a human liar and ends with patience making the test.
The fragment reads like an ethical scrap rather than a complete poem. Its strange spellings and broken comparative syntax preserve the manuscript's rough thinking at the moment it tries to turn anger into a test.