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By Jack Joseph Smith
If it is Not writtEN
N stoNE
As I did Not SEE it iN
A VISioN
ThEN I AM ALoNE
ThE AccomplishMENt
of A MissioN
Thus WE ARE AT thE
ENd
Original Scan
AI Interpretation
GPT
The speaker says that without writing in stone or seeing a vision, I am alone. The speaker names the accomplishment of a mission before ending with we are at the end.
The restored A VISioN gives the opening a second condition beside writing in stone. The speaker moves from I to we between that opening and the close. One overwritten opening letter remains omitted.
Claude
The note says 'If it is Not writtEN / N stoNE / As I did Not SEE it iN / A VISioN / ThEN I AM ALoNE', then 'ThE AccomplishMENt / of A MissioN' and 'Thus WE ARE AT thE / ENd'.
The poem links certainty to what is written or seen, and ends with a sense of completion. One overwritten letter is not read.