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By Jack Joseph Smith
Another Corner
I heard them at the table
I herd them at the cleaning up
I heard them when they
were not finished
I have heard about war
Going to sleep
I still want the stairway
for
Wanting some more
Original Scan
AI Interpretation
GPT
The poem listens to household sounds, unfinished work, war, sleep, and a desired stairway.
The repeated hearing gives the page a domestic rhythm that drifts into war and sleep. The handwritten for near the ending makes the desire for the stairway feel like a revised or improvised bridge into wanting more.
Claude
Titled 'Another Corner,' the poem is built on overhearing - 'I heard them at the table,' 'when they / were not finished,' and 'about war / Going to sleep.' The unfinished business resolves into want itself: 'I still want the stairway / for / Wanting some more.'