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By Jack Joseph Smith

Way ToThe End I do not want to write a Modern poem The collection of gold and oil Helia Bend red and ricked welll COMANchiE Unread on the sheet yet White and blue as a saint Didn't I think about anything else when I lied abost the truth Of course I did do the oppisite And said everything right for you And we are all about time Yet you are the ones who think age makes changes

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AI Interpretation

GPT

The speaker refuses to write a modern poem, mentions gold and oil, and considers lying, saying the right things and beliefs about age changing people.

The speaker addresses people who think age makes changes while claiming to have said everything right for them. The handwritten name-like word beside Helia Bend remains uncertain and does not justify a specific historical or geographic identification.

Claude

'Way ToThe End' opens 'I do not want to write a Modern poem', names 'COMANchiE' in handwriting, and ends 'Yet you are the ones / who think age / makes changes'.

The speaker rejects modern style and confesses to lying, then turns the question of change back on the listener.