By Jack Joseph Smith
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AI Interpretation
The writer lists Pittsburgh names, Whiskey Hollow, a knife fight, and music. The writer also remarks on the time images take to appear and tries to recognize bull shit without being a short stop or Saxophone player.
The writer moves between names and sayings without explaining their relationships. The references to Sam Cooke and Jonny and Joe place music alongside local memories.
A typed list of Pittsburgh names and incidents: 'Tim Paeho- The Gray Squad - St. Vicent's game', 'Whiskey Hollow', 'Sam Cooke's knife fight', 'Willy Moss - Moss Hotel', 'Willie Hobbs - Wyhile Ave.' and a song, 'Over the Mountain by Jonny and Joe'. In the middle the writer observes that 'Pittsburgh is a place where it takes a long time / for images to show up' and says you have to be 'a short stop or a Saxophone player / to know bull shit; but I give it a try anyway...'
The page works as an inventory of people, places and music held for later use, with one reflective aside about how slowly memory turns into usable images. The tone is dry and self-mocking, and the evenly spaced typed rows give every item, name or idea, the same weight.