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By Jack Joseph Smith
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You see Frost, you learn mathematics and the duel direction of infinity by standing
herein our presences Ha hae Remember Frost, no more social activity; It's bad for
the heart, We don't mean the heart that everyone is afraid of dieing from, We mean
the heart that lives in laughter even when the candy store is closed Even when your
late for ice cream, Tonight we gamble late Frost; You ar@ welcome at our table of
prickly grass ,nder the imortal Lincoln and his chisseled face; Remember Frost, always
keep your eyes away from the words written under images, they never mean what the
image doesy Yes sir, a good puff of smokes That old house had to go anyways There
putting you away for a sincere contribution to progresses “a hag That goes to show,
you can't truet sincereity when its muttering beneath a uniform, Ha hay its been
iron out before you meet it, What's your confirmation name Frost?
John, I had answered,
Ha hay Jack is a nick name for Johns We ought to call you Jack Frost, the All
American boye
In just doing my duty, I said faintly laughing.
But that's not going to happen to youy‘is it Froat?
I thought of the first time I had taken a ride with my mother and father through
the getto, I was real little and I felt atrange and space like, peaking my eyes over
the window of our fancy car as we honked our way through children with broom sticks
for bats and dog chewed rubber balls for baseballs, I+ was colorful though and the
feeling of orange raced across my eyes as I laughed with them in solid assumption
of my bumdom, Forevers
We won't call’ you Jack Frost, how about Harlem Jack, The getto returned in a stream
of color as he said thiss That‘s the name that looks like yous; Your a good ballplayer
Frost. You move like a dandy, How long can you keep that hooper spinning on your finger