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SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, GREEN EGGS AND SPAM
I have spam on the brain, now. I've been fiddling around making spam haikus. I impose the following rules upon myself: Strict adherence to the three line form (first line five syllables, middle line seven syllables, last line five syllables); I can select any unbroken, unedited string of words in a spam text, each discrete string making one line, so long as the number of syllables in the string is the exact number of syllables required by that particular line, according to the 5/7/5 rule. No adding, omitting or rearrangement of the words in a string to fit the syllable count of a line. No changing singular to plural, or vice versa. No changing the case of a verb. I take the words as they stand. I punctuate and capitalize as I please. Here are some of my results. To quote Toshiro Mifune, “Yosh!” |
