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An expression of grieving for desperate young men extends to the society that produced them and is followed by SoNNy GAsT.

The attribution may identify a quoted speaker or dedication, but the page alone does not decide which. The odd spelling grEAvE remains in the source record.

A handwritten lament, 'I grEAvE / For thE dEspErAtE / youNg MEN ANd / the sociEty / thAt producEd / thEm', set off by a larger gap from the name 'SoNNy GAsT'.

The grief extends from the young men to the society that made them, sharing the blame without excusing it. The name may be a signature, a quoted speaker, or a dedication; the page does not settle which, and the name reading is provisional.