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It seems she denied to the end the source of the cataracts on her eyes the cracked and suppurating skin of her finger-ends till she could no longer hold a test-tube or a pencil She died a famous woman denying her wounds denying her wounds came from the same source as her power
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Feb 15, 2015
Feb 15, 2015 at 8:20 AM UTC
Excerpt from Power by Adrienne Rich