Untitled ("Just because I'm from down under")

By Jack Joseph Smith

Just because I'm from down under Dosen't mean I don't know about lakes Considerable in the moonlight you know how far you have to go Some people word hard all their live and then get scarred I've worked, but not for anybody else, and so shoet it seems the time has been, and too early I understand scared Yes I am in the dark And yes the candel is perfect He does not just know fire Everyone does where I come from Shakes burning for three centures that I know of

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GPT

The speaker rejects being underestimated for coming from down under, discusses work and being scarred or scared, and says a candle is perfect. The speaker closes with fire and Shakes burning for three centures.

The speaker distinguishes their own work from that of other people and invokes knowledge of fire where they come from. The page does not identify that place as Appalachia or establish a particular ancestral history.

Claude

The poem says 'Just because I'm from down under / Dosen't mean I don't know about lakes', 'Some people word hard all / their live / and then get scarred', 'and too early I understand scared', and ends 'Shakes burning / for three centures / that I know of'.

The poem answers doubt about what the speaker knows, and the candle and fire lines echo page 014. The closing span of 'three centures' is the speaker's memory, not a historical claim.