Featured poem: While in a Zoom Meeting Regarding the Work Stoppage Set to Begin Tomorrow at 5 a.m.  by Ayokunle Falomo. Featured topics: annoyance, singing, embarrassment, gluttony, and the Catholic church.

Poem read with permission from the author. 

Theme song by Allegra Ritchie

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