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By Jack Joseph Smith

AND I HAVE WALKED SOME SEVEN STEPS ACROSS THE SEAS

Original Scan

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AI Interpretation

GPT

What remains is a travel fragment, measuring distance not in miles but in seven steps across whole seas.

Even as a fragment, it keeps a compact epic quality. The phrase "SOME SEVEN STEPS" shrinks vast movement into human scale, which makes the crossing feel both impossible and intimate.

Claude

Three-line fragment: And I have walked / some seven steps / Across the seas.