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It does not pay to cherish symbols when the substance lies so close at hand.

Audre Lorde
Lying, Hands, Doe
Audre Lorde (1995). “The Black Unicorn: Poems”, p.30, W. W. Norton & Company
It does not pay to cherish symbols when the substance lies so close at hand.