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By Jack Joseph Smith
Slight of Hand
I never saw wicked so good
I have never seen myself
the way I watch wicked go back
Even the deep hurt of immaginatin
Is lost here
Our present time
Original Scan
AI Interpretation
GPT
The speaker finds wickedness remarkably good and says a deep hurt is lost in present time.
The pairing of wicked and good resists a simple moral verdict. The unusual immaginatin reading remains provisional, and the unlettered flourish contributes no defensible verbal statement.
Claude
'Slight of Hand': 'I never saw wicked so good / I have never seen myself / the way I watch wicked go back', ending 'Is lost here / Our present time'.
A short poem about seeing oneself in wrongdoing; the final letter of immaginatin is provisional, and the large flourish below is not text.