Untitled ("Don't bet that there arn't people")

By Jack Joseph Smith

Don't bet that there arn't people around here that have lived through all of them My ankles hurt I think I8ll look for a diamond in the head of an Appolisa way over the last mountain on this fiest side of the world Watch me as I write I have on his shortest shorts and his freshmen teeshirt to show me It just goes on and on through the shades And how many times was Jesus married

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AI Interpretation

GPT

The speaker refers to people who have lived through all of them, complains of aching ankles and seeks a diamond in an Appolisa's head beyond a mountain. Wearing another person's shorts and shirt, the speaker ends by asking how many times Jesus was married.

The speaker leaves all of them unexplained and gives no gender or location. The closing question belongs to the poem's voice and does not establish a claim about Jesus's marriages.

Claude

The poem says 'Don't bet that there arn't people / around here that have lived / through all of them', 'I think I8ll look for a diamond / in the head / of an Appolisa', 'I have on his shortest shorts', and ends 'And how many times was Jesus married'.

Endurance, a fanciful search and borrowed clothes lead to a playful closing question. The typed '8' in 'I8ll' is kept as written.