Page 29
By Jack Joseph Smith
By Jack Joseph Smith
Original Scan
AI Interpretation
The writer lists names and adds a separate note about Amil Grifin, Benny Kid Peret and a bar at U.S.C.
The writer records the names without identifying their relationships. A large source gap separates the main list from the bar note; uncertain name readings prevent a firmer account of the people.
A handwritten list of names runs down the page: a surname 'Echdaul' after an illegible first name, then 'John Plant', 'Bud Vogal', 'Denny Phillips', 'Arthur Onstead', 'Tommy Forbes' and 'Pete Faville'. After a wide gap, a separate note reads 'Amil Grifin & Benny Kid Peret / At the "BAR", U.S.C.'
The page works as a roster or memory list rather than a poem, recording people without saying how they are connected. The separated final note ties two names to a specific place, 'the "BAR"', which suggests a scene the drafts may return to. The plain list form and quick handwriting mark it as working material.