By Jack Joseph Smith
Original Scan
AI Interpretation
The continuation of Deborah in July asks for an earthly kiss while imagining the beloved's spirit and capacity for love as larger than any crown or social identity.
The nine lines conclude the preceding page's pursuit of a goddess-like beloved. A kiss across the thigh contrasts with a spirit spinning into mythological birthright, while gypsy and queen prove inadequate names for her. The final wind carries her possibility for love through all of us, widening the private erotic appeal into a shared force.
This untitled page continues DEBORAH IN JULY, asking 'But might I have the kiss of this Earth across your thigh' while her spirit spins away 'To the mad mythological and incestural kingdom / of your birthright', a being 'greater than gypsy, greater than queen'.
The close brings the goddess back to an intimate, bodily request and then widens it again, so her love becomes 'a magnificent wind swirling' through everyone. Desire is shared rather than possessed, a gentler ending to the long hymn on the previous page.