Pulling down statues of rock from their high placeswe must level the expectationupon which they standwaiting for usto fulfill their imagewaitingfor our feet to replace them.Unless we refuse to sleepeven one night in houses of marblethe sight of our children's false pleasurewill undo usfor our children have grownin the shadow of what wasthe shape of marblebetween their eyes and the sunbut we do not wish to standlike great marble statuesbetween our children's eyesand their sun.
-audre lorde
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