Dana Levin
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February 25, 2025 at 7:00PM ET
Location: Riggs Library
Join us for a reading featuring award-winning poet Dana Levin, hosted by Carolyn Forché.
Accommodation requests related to a disability should be made by February 18th to Patricia Guzman, 202-687-6294, pg654@georgetown.edu. A good faith effort will be made to fulfill requests made after February 18th.
Instructions for Stopping
–Dana Levin
Say Stop.
Keep your lips pressed together
after you say the p:
(soon they’ll try
and pry
your breath out—)
―
Whisper it
three times in a row:
Stop Stop Stop
In a hospital bed
like a curled up fish, someone’s
gulping at air—
How should you apply
your breath?
—
List all of the people
you would like
to stop.
Who offers love,
who terror—
Write Stop.
Put a period at the end.
Decide if it’s a kiss
or a bullet.
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