837: Fire Destroys Beloved Chicago Bakery
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Today\\u2019s poem is Fire Destroys Beloved Chicago Bakery by Nathan McClain. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, guest host Jason Schneiderman writes\\u2026 \\u201cToday\\u2019s poem starts with a conceit, an idea or premise that motivates the poem. The speaker misreads the word \\u201cfire\\u201d as \\u201cfather\\u201d\\u2014 and then proceeds along the twin lines of malapropism and Freudian slip. At times the usage is funny and clever, and at times dire and significant, and sometimes \\u2014 because this is a poem \\u2014 it\\u2019s both.\\u201d Celebrate the power of poems with a gift to The Slowdown today. Every donation makes a difference: https://tinyurl.com/rjm4synp
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