Felony
By Jack Joseph Smith
The horror of the assult
Is the horror the assult
makes you
So you can not asign life
to two sides
Make nothing of the math
Just get rid of one
By Jack Joseph Smith
Original Scan
AI Interpretation
The speaker describes what an assault makes of a person, rejects dividing life into two sides and ends by saying to get rid of one.
The speaker uses mathematical language in a discussion of violence. The closing command leaves its object unnamed; the title does not identify an actual offense or victim.
'Felony' says 'The horror of the assult / Is the horror the assult / makes you' and ends 'Make nothing of the math / Just get rid of one'.
The poem describes how violence reshapes a person, and its blunt ending leaves the meaning of 'one' open.