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By Jack Joseph Smith

Quenched I even saw Geronimo save us from the fire Still as a hippy I saw Che Guarive too That was a long dream Shorter ones have me and you I didN't see the walk beyond, but stepping stones were good for the heart Romantic and dispossessed How horrible for one who does not gamble, and only talks by making a guess Working behind a dog I found dead things, and living as well I never knew were there Go where you have to go; start with the end Make the mistake of the dew drop; Allowing th spring is done But stay awake and forget sleep So To watch the mountains fall into the sea Apache

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The speaker recalls a long dream of figures named Geronimo and Che Guarive, then shorter dreams of me and you. Stepping stones, a dog, dew, and mountains falling into the sea accompany instructions to keep moving and stay awake.

The speaker shifts from a rescue out of fire to finding dead and living things while following a dog. Addressing another person keeps these images tied to companionship. The margin Apache has no fixed place in the main account, and the passage about spring remains incomplete.

Claude

'Quenched' recalls 'I even saw Geronimo save us from the fire' and 'Che Guarive', reflects 'Romantic and dispossessed', and ends 'So To watch the mountains fall into the sea', with 'Apache' written separately.

The poem mixes youthful heroes, chance and loss into advice to 'start with the end'. Several handwritten revisions and the typed name remain provisional.