By Jack Joseph Smith
Original Scan
AI Interpretation
A continuation of the earlier 'She Turned Her Back,' deepening the rejection into images of fantasy, frozen loveliness, and lifeless hands that strangle what they once caressed.
A second typed copy of 'She Turned Her Back,' reproducing the same lines on a cleaner impression. The mechanism is unchanged: the mind 'out of shape with reality' is 'pitching it out to...,' the speaker summons 'Fantasy' and names his desire 'Devil dear,' and 'Easyness is a caress' even as 'lifeless hands may effectively strangle.' What the numbered sequel adds is recurrence itself: the poem returns to the wound a second time and arrives at the same verdict, 'Loveliness begins to freeze,' the repetition itself a fraction colder.