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Thomas Banks
I am a twentysomething English/Classics major and a member of the Sect of Self Interest, a cult paradoxical in its universiality
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Thursday, August 6, 2009

Epigram

When Adam day by day
Woke up in Paradise,
He always used to say
"Oh, this is very nice."

But Eve to realms of bliss
Transported him for life;
The more I think on this,
The more I beat my wife.

-A.E. Houseman-
Posted by Thomas Banks at 12:10 PM

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