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By Jack Joseph Smith

Escondito If I cross time, and do it fast Don't I expect to be in the same place The look in the eyes, the wavering for the kill, or maybe for a beer I question being alone, difficult as a drum lead; it is not music Rather a walk, and the familiarity with strangeness, that has nothing to do with you, while your life, has everything to do with it

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AI Interpretation

GPT

The speaker questions crossing time and remaining in one place, then contrasts anticipation of a kill or beer with being alone and familiar with strangeness.

The corrected alone makes solitude explicit. The closing says the strangeness has nothing to do with you while your life has everything to do with it, leaving that relation tense.

Claude

'Escondito' asks 'If I cross time, and do it fast / Don't I expect to be in the same place', calls being alone 'difficult / as a drum lead', and ends 'while your life, / has everything to do / with it'.

A reflection on solitude and strangeness; Escondito is kept as typed.