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By Jack Joseph Smith

You are so close to suddenly, switch and change so that you know ass welll as amyone what is true and false about you, Tobe there would settle Your walk down the stairs and turn the whole world back and around to where I would like it to be Climbing abd decending the same thing Go across the sun and settle with the stars But don't ignore the Moon, and don't let daylight give you up The path I walk is quicker than yours I say Quit me and then I chase you Watching fishing off a rock How is little thought for those who want an end

Original Scan

AI Interpretation

GPT

The speaker addresses someone close to change and self-knowledge, then describes walks, stairs, climbing, and descending. The sun, stars, Moon, and daylight accompany a pursuit of the listener and a final reflection on wanting an end.

The speaker wants to turn the world toward a desired place while claiming a quicker path than the listener. Inviting a chase links change to a contested relationship. The altered stairs passage leaves the direction and sequence of that movement provisional.

Claude

The poem urges someone to 'switch / and change', to 'Go across the sun and settle with the stars / But don't ignore the Moon,', and ends 'How is little thought / for those who want an end'.

The speaker mixes pursuit and advice, with an overstruck phrase and a stairway image set to the right of the main column.