After Love

Uncle Jerry reads Sara Teasdale's 'After Love' in full and calls it one of his favourites. He draws a parallel to Clean's treatment of the aftermath of love, particularly the idea that being safe from the storm (or 'clean') doesn't mean the speaker is better off, connecting Teasdale's line 'there is no magic anymore' to the bittersweet, indeterminate quality of Clean's ending. Angela also connects 'there is no magic anymore' to Taylor's 'All Too Well' line about magic not being there anymore.