Clone Clown

Clone Clown

 

 

sorry i took your poem

word for words

and passed it off as my own

 

i just needed to post something

been so long and the muse had packed her bags

didn't even leave a goodbye note

or i 'd have used that

 

i hope you don't mind so much

if it wins any awards

or a Pulitzer or something

i'll give you credit in my acceptance speech

 

but i have to ask you,

have you any words on that subject

to share?

i need to sound good at the podium

 

absolutely nothing like me.

 

 

erin-cilberto

6/1/18

Reviews

[Julie McCarthy (juliesp..]

brilliant poem
your poems are brilliant thanks .

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, Julie
j.

[‘Thoughts In Time..]

A fools a fool no matter the name- the wheel turns even if slowly- nobody will ever be able to be you or your words they can try but won’t succeed- but when it returns to them they will wish they hadn’t been so stupid...🌹

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, fools steal others' works...and in the end, they will wear the cap no matter whose works they steal.
j.

[‘Thoughts In Time’🌹]

They pull the wool over their own eyes?? Truth is always revealed🌹

[sette]

i like this poem and i hope the muse will be back

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, sette.
j.

[Gee]

Sorry :((

Thank you.
Can't believe I'm here. The last time I stood on a podium it was in Razzers T***y bar in the Bronx. I'd had 4 martinis to many and was sliding up and down a greased pole with Roxy Lamour, a half French, half Mexican late teens hooker cum dancer, who it seems had a soft spot for well hung, bearded, highly educated older men. Such was the effort I put in trying to impress, I slipped a disc in my lower lumbar and ended up in traction for 2 months...still paying the fees now....

Well that's a start Jacob.
Hope you are well

[jacob erin-cilberto]

interesting story Gee....
j.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

wow, that podium is crowded!
:)))

[Gee]

Just be careful :)

[andrew mitchell]

A great write Jacob as per norm, the bar is high. But to think if someone is copying you it would be a cheap imitation. But maybe they just want to write like you? If so he or she should give you credit.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i have no idea if someone copied me...this isn't autobiographical...just creating a scenario...which i am afraid happens all too often.
thanks, andrew
j.

[lightsong]

OK, seriously if that happened to me I would die! specially that from where I am I can't protect my words, and how rude is that? at the end even asking for more??! I REALLY can't believe IT, or those kind of people!!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

they have to sleep with their consciences is how i see it...if someone would steel my work...that is on them---i seldom worry about it...but it's hard to understand someone who would pass off another's work as his or her own...Poetry means too much to do that.

[lightsong]

let us look into the bright side, that if they did that means that Your work is absolutely affecting them deep ;) good excuse I guess LOL

[Neville]

Am more than happy to give a darn firm handshake or a pat on the back for this splendid & highly original work my friend... write on jacob.....Neville

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thanks Neville, appreciate the smile...
j.

[Neville]

still am... and tis my pleasure ... N

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i meant that you gave me a smile with your response...thought about that Undisputed Truth song..."beware the pat on the back, it just might hold you back"---:))))

[Neville]

Hey... together our smiles span the Atlantic.. now how wide and good is that......N

[jacob erin-cilberto]

that's pretty nifty...

[Neville]

aint it just... but true.... N

[Gypsy Warrior Queen]

I'm running my fingers over your brow...fingering pieces of salt and pepper hair...up so close to your lips that I can feel your breath. I'm listening for the piece of me that you stole away in my words....but piece by piece.. I'm nowhere. BUT YOUR BRILLANT!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, Queenie...i appreciate your words..
j.

[Stella Armour]

a poet I know of did just that, her excuse was that her brother was ill and she had to rush off so she borrowed someone else's poem and put her name to it..... AND everyone said it was ok but me lol. Then she told everyone and still does that i was horrible to her. Sorry for ranting Jacob , you poem brought it all back, plagiarism is a sin .

[jacob erin-cilberto]

wow, she did that? unacceptable...never an excuse to steal words..
j.

[Stella Armour]

Afraid I had words with her about it, and I came out the bad guy for upsetting her. Never mind , she must have some dreadful karma .