By Jack Joseph Smith
Original Scan
AI Interpretation
The speaker tells Tony that no time or property was taken, admits thinking about stealing his wife and asks not to be left. A particle with a brain leads to imagining temptation.
The writer pairs denial with an admitted thought, not an established action. The damaged imperative is omitted rather than interpreted as a threat or invitation.
'Tony': 'I did not take one second / from your time / I never robered you / However I thought / about stealing your wifee', then 'yourselves / on my street', 'I only went a way', ending 'Imagine the temtation'.
An apology and confession addressed to Tony. A damaged word before yourselves is omitted, and the account belongs to the poem.