Today’s poem is How Long Could I Have Been Weightless? by Colin Channer.

The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “​​Today’s poem reminds us that despite the wonders of engineering, our lives are fragile. It suggests that, maybe, we should avoid the false protections our modern age promises, that maybe we should live patiently and slowly within the bounds of ourselves.”

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