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By Jack Joseph Smith
Little watchmen at the house
on Midway, not getting paid &
Then tearing the place apart,
only to see them working an-
ther job during my early teen
years while riding by on my
bike, And these then introduc-
ing myself
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The page turns class resentment and teenage labor memory into a sketch of small-time authority and belated self-recognition.
What stands out is the shift from watching the underpaid boys destroy the house to later seeing them at another job and finally introducing oneself. The page catches how class feeling starts in distance, imitation, and anger before becoming social knowledge.
Claude
A single anecdote about child watchmen on Midway who tore the place apart for no pay and later had to be met again as working adults on the ride-by.