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By Jack Joseph Smith

In the Silent swimming of night is the presence of sight beyond seeing light beyond dreaming Nomore veils of mist for these eyes Falteringly clear We fight, we flee, we cleanse The time is now The bow to bend The image is seen in the mirror But I am me.

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AI Interpretation

GPT

The speaker describes seeing beyond ordinary sight, removing veils of mist and facing a reflected image while asserting But I am me.

The writer places the demand for clear vision beside struggle and self-recognition. The restored Nomore makes the mist a barrier the speaker wants to remove. The canceled reassurance should not supply a promise that the surviving text leaves out.


Claude

A cursive poem: 'In the Silent swimming of night / is the presence of sight beyond seeing', 'Nomore veils of mist for these eyes', 'We fight, we flee, we cleanse', ending 'The image is seen in the mirror / But I am me.'

The poem moves from dreamlike vision to a plain assertion of self; a cancelled reassurance row is left out.