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Aleister Crowley Diary Entry Thursday, 1 May 1930
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[Crowley writes Maria de Miramar a poem called "The Ode to Fashion"]
Fashion toots her flute to the "Fair" (My spirit shivers and shudders) Back to the bestial greasy hair Back to the flapping udders! To the hippo hips and the wasp-like waist. And the wasp-like temper to match it! To the raw and shapeless Call-to-be-chaste, And the overgrown thicket to thatch it! To the goat-reek under the clammy arms, The simper and smirk of the egress——— Fashion, these are thy Catholic charms! These are the triumphs of Progress!
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