e e cummings & Pure Poetry in Sandrina's Review of Cambodia Beer

@sandrina.life doesn't know this,

but when she wrote a review of three Asian beers two days ago, she created a couple lines of pure poetry that haunted me for the rest of the day.

Cambodia is the youngest one. The national beer of Cambodia, the most popular, spoiled by a lot of advertising, in reality is rough and cheap.
It is the beer of the students and the broken ones.
For 0.52 of USD you can grow your belly without a tomorrow.

She was writing about cheap beer, but there was something heartbreaking and universal in her words.

The desperation of the poverty-stricken alcoholic. The callous market ready to supply and profit from unhealthy consumption. The universal resignation we feel when we take in something shoddy and bad for us with a sense of resignation and who-fuckin'-cares. Or when we know we're going to regret what we're about to do, but we keep on doing it anyway.

All in a review of Cambodia lager.

I had to rearrange her words in the mono-spaced style of mid-century American poet e e cummings.

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              (the youngest one)
           the most popular...

                     in reality
                     is rough and cheap
                                                            
                 it is the beer
                 of the students
          and
              the bro-
ken ones. 

                  For 0.52
                    (of ewe ess dee)
               you can grow your belly
                     without
                            a tomorrow...

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I think cummings would have liked Sandrina. He was a traveler and an observer, and, like her, lived life with a lot more adventure in than most of us.

She also speaks far more languages than I ever will. And as someone who can flit from one to another, she winds up using words in ways that are full of unexpected charm and effectiveness.

In my mind, I see this poem translated into a painting, too. Alas, I lack the skill to execute it. Perhaps I can prevail upon @donnadavisart to carry out the vision.

Sandrina, I hope you don't mind my riffing on your excellent review.

If this post does well I'll send her the SBD to use as beer money.

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Do you read poetry? Are you a fan of e e cummings? What sort of poetry do you enjoy?

Do you hear poetry in the everyday?

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