1076: a story from the eighties by Debra Marquart

Published: March 18, 2024, 8 a.m.

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Today\\u2019s poem is a story from the eighties by Debra Marquart.


The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes\\u2026 \\u201cOccasionally, I pretend to resist feelings of nostalgia. Somehow, I got it in my mind that remembrances of things past prevented me from standing fully in the here and now \\u2014 that musings about foregone events would eclipse any potential value I placed in the present."


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