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By Jack Joseph Smith
I hoped God had
not already called
the Abyss
[Drawing]
By Jack Joseph Smith
Original Scan
AI Interpretation
A handwritten fragment on Music Distributing Company stationery reads, "I hoped God had / not already called / the Abyss," followed by drawing material.
The page turns business letterhead into a field for a stark spiritual fear. The abyss appears as something already summoned, while the drawings and stray marks keep the fragment provisional and unsettled.
A short handwritten fragment hopes God has not already called the Abyss, with surrounding drawing marks on company stationery.
The page layers institutional stationery beneath a private eschatological note. Its sparse wording and visual marks make the fragment feel like an anxious invocation rather than a finished poem.