A huge-walled wilderness of ways it was,

With hoardings of exceeding height,

Which no one without pangs of fear, could pass,

And spasms of affright.

Its purpose, though, was plain; 'twas simply pelf;

Whether a woman wild of glare,

Or a colossal man shaving himself,

All, all meant money there.

"And while the world rolls round and round," I said,

"Advertisement is the one thing