997: Letter to the Editor
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Today\\u2019s poem is Letter to the Editor by Andrea Gibson. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual.
In this episode, Major writes\\u2026 \\u201cI am sappy when it comes to romance. I chalk it up to the R&B music of my youth, songs about longing that anchor tenderness as essential, and hone in on loneliness as the bluesy aftermath of love gone awry. Today\\u2019s poem knows both that softness, and that messiness.\\u201d
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