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1562: Listening to Vespertine for Twenty Hours Straight by Derrick Austin
Today’s poem is Listening to Vespertine for Twenty Hours Straight by Derrick Austin.
The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Maggie writes… “If you’re lucky, you have friends who might sense the shift in your emotional weather: the clouds rolling in, the sky darkening. If you’re very lucky, those friends might know what to do without being asked or prompted. They might come over with takeout and offer a listening ear. They might pick you up and take you to the movies or to a concert, to get you out of your bubble. Or maybe they come over and just simply exist with you…
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