Page 54
By Jack Joseph Smith
to Mix things
up,
To be like hell,
Let that be a
blession to you
By Jack Joseph Smith
Original Scan
AI Interpretation
The note turns disorder and intensity into a kind of rough benediction.
Its power comes from the collision between `be like hell` and `blession.` The page sounds like a private maxim that accepts confusion or disturbance as something formative rather than purely destructive. Even in five short lines, it carries the tone of a crooked blessing.
Five lines: `to Mix things / up, / To be like hell, / Let that be a / blession to you`. The misspelled `blession` is preserved as written — part curse, part benediction.