1378: poem where no one is deported by José Olivarez

The Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily

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🗓️ 21 October 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Today’s poem is poem where no one is deported by José Olivarez.

The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Maggie writes… “Today’s poem recounts a story of women outsmarting immigration officials who raid their factory, thanks to ‘dios del chisme,’ meaning ‘the god of gossip.’ The poem repeats a Spanish phrase, ‘si dios quiere,’ meaning ‘God Willing.’”

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1:05.5	I'm Maggie Smith, and this is the slowdown.
1:19.8	Thank you. Smith, and this is the slowdown. Gossip is a word with a negative connotation.
1:24.0	I was raised not to gossip and not to pass it along.
1:29.1	When I think about the word gossip, I think about secrets, part of a person's life they don't want shared.
1:37.9	Tabloids and celebrity news websites have made gossip a billion-dollar industry. People will pay top dollar for scandalous news
1:49.3	about someone's life, who they are dating, what is going on with their business, how much their
1:55.8	house cost, and will pay even more if there are photos.
2:13.2	Gossip has a negative connotation because we associate it with prying and with taking pleasure and knowing the salacious details of someone else's life.
2:17.6	That dopamine hit from hearing a juicy tidbit "'and whispering about it to someone else.
2:20.6	"'Can you believe that she did that?
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