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By Jack Joseph Smith
JEsus
HANgiNg
with thE suNLight
oN thE othEr sidE
of thE cross
This is us, thE uNdErLifE
thAt siNgs
wE ArE thE wouNds,
with thE guts to worship,
ANd wE ArE thE NEvEr
dowN,
oN our KNEES
Original Scan
AI Interpretation
GPT
Jesus hanging with sunlight on the far side of the cross leads to a collective identification with singing underlife and wounds that worship, yet never go down on their knees.
The closing gives worship and refusal to kneel the same collective speaker. It should not be smoothed into conventional devotion.
Claude
'JEsus / HANgiNg' places the crucified figure 'with thE suNLight / oN thE othEr sidE / of thE cross', then claims a collective identity: 'This is us, thE uNdErLifE / thAt siNgs', 'wE ArE thE wouNds, / with thE guts to worship'.
The ending, 'wE ArE thE NEvEr / dowN, / oN our KNEES', holds kneeling and refusal to go down in one sentence; the split keeps worship from becoming defeat. Mixed case remains provisional.