1511: Dispatch as Prologue or Epilogue by Megan Gannon

The Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily · May 8, 2026 · 6m

Today’s poem is Dispatch as Prologue or Epilogue by Megan Gannon.

The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Maggie writes… “I once heard the comedian Pete Holmes say, about his past, something along the lines of: “That life was the weird horse I rode to get to this life.” I think the speaker of today’s poem would like that imagery as much as I do. Here’s to weird horses, and to do-overs, and to new beginnings, which are endless.”

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