Intro

Today’s poem is The Night Where You No Longer Live by Meghan O’Rourke.

The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Maggie writes… “The speaker of today’s poem addresses her late mother, asking questions that are devastating and relatable. While we don’t have access to the answers, this poem is a beautiful place for the questions to live.”

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