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By Jack Joseph Smith

On The Rim Watch yourself Your out on your knees Your hands are lost Your belly is your only power and searching is not an option Block and tackle The pully then the pully then the pully Way back the twine; now the cable, the rope for you; the slightly up, the dip The leverage of the third hand of the weight So you do not leave anything go Even an upside down cross, is not good For what you must not let slip through your hands now

Original Scan

AI Interpretation

GPT

The speaker warns someone on their knees not to let anything slip, using block and tackle, pulleys, twine, cable, rope and leverage.

Hands and weight organize the warning, with an upside-down cross included among the things to hold. The poem supplies no particular task or setting.

Claude

'On The Rim' warns 'Watch yourself / Your out on your knees', lists 'The pully then the pully then the pully', and ends 'For what you must not let / slip through your hands now'.

Rigging and hauling images describe holding on at an edge; Your and pully are kept as typed.