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By Jack Joseph Smith

Connection Like a chicken To care and take apart summery until it is finished the sight of consequence sees Is not to murder, though murder the mind Forthwith one goes further in for the fury Gizes THE bounds laid in the damage before the tracking, will do Knowing that everything done quick is a feast, All watch closely, all should belong, The danger changers; fast they slip from one to another, RELEASE now the finger, let it not slip through your door, anyone dealing with brokerage, desired to make it a secret thing, one at a time, THE particular is THE prodding & prowling, by nature to be even more selective your brave only being once HE SAYS I WON'T CLEAN YOUR CLOCK LIKE A CON MAN, I'll CLEAN your CLOCK LIKE I CAN, SHAKESPEARE

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GPT

This revised page condenses 'Connection' into a sharper statement about vulnerability, consequence, danger, brokerage, prowling, release, and the refusal of counterfeit toughness.

The page reads like a distilled version of the poem's argument. The retained lines bring consequence, fury, damage, and the prodding/prowling motif closer to the surface, while the clock line remains the central test of sincerity and force.

Claude

A compressed re-draft of 'Connection' that strips the earlier version to its tendons: 'Like a chicken / To care and take apart summery until it is finished,' 'Forthwith one goes further in for the fury,' 'everything done quick is a feast.' It collapses onto the capitalized boast 'I WON'T CLEAN YOUR / CLOCK LIKE A CON MAN, / I'll CLEAN your CLOCK LIKE I CAN,' then the lone word 'SHAKESPEARE.' The same argument as page 5-6, distilled. This reading remains provisional because the page is OCR-uncertain and flagged needs-followup.