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By Jack Joseph Smith

Basketball Sometimes it is good to have your feet on the ground Telling the truth, most of the time it isn't We know that ninety percent of making a hoop is looking the other way, getting back and looking at at has got to be as quick as you can get It is good if someone else scored, but it is alot better when they know that your the one who sent them the ball I didn't see Any clarity Across the court; it was all instinct that tapped my on the shoulder

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AI Interpretation

GPT

Basketball becomes a lesson in groundedness, instinct, speed, and the unshowy intelligence of passing.

The scan-backed text sharpens the poem's argument that good play depends on looking away, getting back quickly, and sending the ball where someone else can score. The odd phrasing `looking at at` and `your the` keeps the draft's immediacy, while the handwritten `Any clarity Across` makes the final turn clearer: the speaker did not consciously see the court so much as feel instinct tap them on the shoulder.

Claude

Opening a basketball sequence, the page argues the game is mostly misdirection: 'ninety percent of making a hoop is looking the other way, getting back'. Its real pleasure is the assist - 'it is alot better when they know that your the one who sent them the ball' - so credit matters less than authorship of the pass. The close abandons sight entirely: 'I didn't see Any clarity Across the court; it was all instinct that tapped my on the shoulder', with the handwritten 'Any clarity Across' carrying the turn. Source forms 'alot', 'your the', 'looking at at' preserved.