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By Jack Joseph Smith
And the red robin ran across the ridge. And the birds sang in Acron,
Ohio. And I know that the parents of Gibbons had a son that was going
to be a star in the world.
Original Scan
AI Interpretation
GPT
This closing page gives the draft a simple benediction, lifting Gibbons back into memory, nature, and promise.
After the turbulence of the preceding pages, the plainness matters. The page closes on fate and parental hope without irony.
Claude
A three-sentence coda — red robin across the ridge, birds singing in Acron, Ohio, and the foreknowledge that the parents of Gibbons had a son 'that was going / to be a star in the world' — the draft ends on prophecy with Akron misspelled 'Acron.'