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By Jack Joseph Smith
“You must understand’ Animal, thet I am not: after
a-freedom to-wander, I have-married a:nurss, .who:
has ‘a deeply religous: social consciences’ I do not
respect the world as ishe-dees, but I 'respeet her
for leoking at peeple and things -in Btw She
peliieves: that reality is stability, If I may be
poetic? A strong flower holding against the wind
ig mere-beautiful than one dashed and’ distroyed
aleng the highway. She sees peeple whe stand fin
im a meaning related’ to her past om the-farm, I”
am not! trying to put out! a-point about’ money: fer
pesition,; I need money for tocls se that I'may do.
work, but not’ werk that bends my mind’ against: my~-
self, Iwant work that is-my choles, se thet at
Yeast my hand will remain frees*
“In the -house-ef Manhatten, which is: the Animal's
decent, it’is mas Snow thet the silver spoom i bo te Li s pe 43 \
feeds: the-babe-of the LIAS. etreet rates" —~ ” . zo ry (GH-M| ~A FE
Walking om the street this mornings Anti, Tr
meet a-mam late for work, He was standing at the
Pite, .Lincsols Bulvds bus: stops He asked me-How I
was-doing, since-he-knew'I ‘iad left the milT. I~
said fire; which Cy ask if Iwas playing.
No, I am not playing, ; told hits, He looked’ at.
me-bewildered, and’ I went ow that I was" looking
for my own work, Hé- said’ that: he wae tireds The —
mill! was tired, Not just that’ the milli made hin
tired, but that the mill was: tired too; Hic face .