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[encore] 1358: Parts of a Body House by Erika Meitner
Today’s poem is Parts of a Body House by Erika Meitner. This episode was originally released on September 23, 2025.
The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Maggie writes… “It struck me recently how much technology has changed our relationships with our bodies. There are devices that tell us how well (or poorly) we slept the night before, how many steps we took in a given day, what our heart rate is when we work out. We have access to more data about our physical selves than ever, and we don’t even need to go to the doctor to get that data. We also have access to our own…
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