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" Me, it’s the heart:
that’s the part lacking.
I used to want one:
a dainty cushion of red silk
dangling from a blood ribbon,
fit for sticking pins in.
But I’ve changed my mind.
Hearts hurt.

— Margaret Atwood, from “The Tin Woodwoman Gets a Massage ,” Dearly: New Poems (Ecco, 2020) "

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Margaret Atwood quote : Me, it’s the heart:<br />that’s the part lacking.<br />I used to want one:<br />a dainty cushion of red silk<br />dangling from a blood ribbon,<br />fit for sticking pins in.<br />But I’ve changed my mind.<br />Hearts hurt.<br /><br />— Margaret Atwood, from “The Tin Woodwoman Gets a Massage ,” <i>Dearly: New Poems</i> (Ecco, 2020)