ON PLAGARISM





Insidious thief would rape your thought
     Deny your rights if he be caught.

A foolish knave a voice does steal
      To twist the words he cannot feel?

Think he it be his rightful due
      To filch what dull self cannot construe?

When no authentic muse has led
       To seize from another is fine instead?

Without ability to feel his own
     He’ll take what someone else has known.

That intelligence is not his in fact
     He makes apparent in this heinous act.

Emotions, laughter, heartbreak, sorrow
     Perhaps he’ll knock at your door tomorrow.

To take the pictures your life would weave
     Claim them for his own and leave.

Posing haughty as advanced pedant
    with wisdom hollow, weak and scant.
    
Garner kudos, praise, and prizes dim
    None of them belong to him

Such arrogance and disrespect bespeak
     A hollow, empty, thoughtless sneak.

Now I’ve said my piece to you . . .
     He’ll probably come and take this too!

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