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A sandy beach with table set up as for a panel discussion.

MEDIATOR: So how did it feel to have your heart broken?

FILM DIRECTOR: It was a process
Not unlike salsa -- a lot of one-two-three,
Some turning around and coming back for more.

FILM CRITIC: I didn't experience it that way at all;
It was much more tense and drawn out,
And then all of a sudden I was seized by the sense
That there really was no way out except
Into the ground.

POET: It felt like a stroke. I was dizzy,
And my heart -- my cardiovascular system,
Not a blazon, not a symbol, mi cuore --
Felt like it had been kicked repeatedly.

HEDGE FUND TRADER: It felt like an uncovered call.