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Jan 2024
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1036: Pleasure

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Today’s poem is Pleasure by Victoria Redel.


The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “Today’s poem celebrates that maturing sensibility of being present and open, especially when your pleasures go beyond the pursuits of desire and the body.”


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