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By Jack Joseph Smith
By Jack Joseph Smith
Original Scan
AI Interpretation
The speaker apologizes to a weak addressee, associates sneaking and the kill with being a champion of the fake, then speaks of collective failure. A handwritten note describes emulating a mother's personality through male behavior as unworkable.
The handwritten SNEEK and FAKE replacements align this draft with the neighboring For Kirk From Jack poem while changing its opening. The later note remains a separate fragment; it does not establish the addressee's identity or explain the relation to the poem.
A revised version of the same poem: 'Dear Sir I am serry that you are weak', 'And time consuming to SNEEK', 'To be the champion of the FAKE', 'We remained ugly', 'again', and a handwritten note 'Try to eMuLAtE thE pErsoNALity / of thE MothEr through / MAlE bEhAvor. / obviously uNworKAbLE.'
The revision sharpens the poem with handwritten words and adds a self-critical note on its approach.