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By Jack Joseph Smith
played the depths
seeking through herself
As a mystic, sweet yet
solid About to get ready
for floating.
By Jack Joseph Smith
Original Scan
AI Interpretation
The page sketches a mystical inner descent that ends in readiness to drift or rise free of weight.
The motion is inward first, `seeking through herself`, and only then outward into `floating.` The contrast between `sweet yet / solid` keeps the figure from becoming vague; the mystic is grounded before release. Even as a fragment, the page reads like a preparation for surrender without collapse.
A compressed five-line portrait of a woman `seeking through herself / As a mystic` — the rare Cellar Notes page that reads as finished rather than provisional.