1099: Something by Andrea Cohen

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

Today\u2019s poem is Something by Andrea Cohen.


The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes\u2026 "On a long drive through upstate New York, I ran out of podcasts, six hours in. So, I asked Siri to tell me a joke. She said, \u201cWhy did the meatball tell the spaghetti to go to sleep,\u201d then answered, \u201cIt was pasta bedtime.\u201d I thanked Siri for keeping me company\u2026 then became self-conscious about speaking to an artificial being.\u201d


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