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The Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily

1355: Rancho Bar by Margot Kahn

The Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily

American Public Media

Arts, Performing Arts

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Today’s poem is Rancho Bar by Margot Kahn. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Maggie writes… “Today’s poem looks, tenderly, at two siblings attempting to close the distance between them. The poem is made even more poignant by the fact that its setting, a bar in California, has since burned down in a wildfire.” 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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1:04.3

I'm Maggie Smith, and this is the slowdown.

1:19.5

Thank you. I'm Maggie Smith, and this is the slowdown. Growing up, my two younger sisters and I were often at odds.

1:25.8

We were close in age, and we shared close quarters, but we weren't close.

1:32.6

We were all born two years apart, stair steps, my mother used to say. When we were ages nine,

1:41.1

seven, and five, we argued over Barbies, or what to watch on the one television

1:47.5

in the house, or whether the youngest was able to tag along on a bike ride or a play date.

1:55.5

When we were 17, 15, and 13, we fought, sometimes physically, over clothes, shoes, and CDs that one of us

2:07.2

borrowed, or stole, from the others. We screamed at each other to get off the phone.

2:16.4

We tattled on each other about missed curfews, bad boyfriends,

2:21.3

and all of the things we weren't supposed to be doing. Sure, my sisters and I loved each other,

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