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By Jack Joseph Smith

The Shadow When AS A child I SAID If hE did that, THEN I CAN Sight I hope this hasn't BEEN VERBOSE I have never seen a dead sholdier but I have know alot of heartbrocken warriors The Holy Ghost is a native son The Holy Ghost has seen everyone Rapped up inside Against the will The Holy Ghost says "that is not why I am here" That's not real There are no pardon's for suffering is for the good but it selective is you have to do something wrong first anything after that dosen't work

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The Shadow shifts from childhood judgment and heartbroken warriors to the Holy Ghost as a native witness who rejects suffering as automatic pardon.

The newly restored marginal block gives the page a childhood scene of accusation or conditional sight before the typed poem turns to soldiers, warriors, and the Holy Ghost. Calling the Holy Ghost a native son makes the spirit local and socially entangled rather than remote, and the closing logic is severe: suffering is only meaningful after actual wrongdoing, so harm cannot be cleansed by a later performance of pain.

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'The Shadow' returns: never saw a dead soldier but knew many heartbroken warriors; the Holy Ghost as native son who has seen everyone wrapped up inside against the will. 'That's not real / There are no pardons; suffering is for the good but it is selective — you have to do something wrong first.'