1156: In Love by Chloe Martinez

Published: July 8, 2024, 8 a.m.

Today\u2019s poem is In Love by Chloe Martinez.


The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes\u2026 \u201cThe first time I was in love, I started missing baseball practice. Instead, I went to the library. Cherie spent afternoons doing her homework there. I could barely think about anything but her. What an immense feeling, to live with a perennial lump in my chest!\u201d


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