All the way back in 1984 –- an ominous year in the literary world to be sure -– Tina Turner released her single, What’s Love Got to do with it? Significantly, it would be her first and only US number one. Now I don’t normally draw inspiration, or guidance, from the lyrics of pop songs, but what Turner sang in the chorus seems especially apt:
What’s love got to do, got to do with it?
What’s love but a second-hand emotion?
What’s love got to do, got to do with it?
Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken?
What has ‘love’ got...
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