July 29, 2005

Found Poetry

  Below is the verbatim verbiage printed on a can of Guinness, in reverse order, and without punctuation:

Guinness Can Poetry  

yourself for Draught
Guinness of magic
the discover now body
black, deep and head creamy thick
uniquely the forming
settle to pint
your for moments
few a for wait glass
a into gently
beer the pour immediately
and it open.
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What especially interests me in this bit o' advertising is how it seems to confirm what my pastor says is modernity's greatest fault: that of looking at everything in the short term. Notice the short term words: "now", "moments", "immediately"...

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