Untitled ("The is a rainbow around the Moon")

By Jack Joseph Smith

The is a rainbow around the Moon I did not stare at sulfer all day to find out there wouldn't be Something more than this Don't think I do not love through the night You know I work through the light Beeause I am born the best I am unusual and out of the question Be amused I do not live for myself I live for the universe

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AI Interpretation

GPT

A compact declaration of cosmic selfhood, mixing sulfur, moonlight, work, and spiritual pride.


Claude

A rainbow around the moon — a real atmospheric phenomenon — is the opening wonder, and the sulfur, work, and spiritual pride that follow are treated as equally wonderful. Cosmic selfhood extends labor into the night sky.

The missing 'r' in 'The is' removes the distancing word, making the rainbow more immediately present. It is not 'there' — it is here, above the speaker, now.