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Teaching Beetles To Swim (Free verse) by Bobjim

Taught the old cockroach to dance. Folk said I hadn't a chance. But hours with a stick, For once did the trick, And soon I will open a ranch. Taught the old bedbugs to sing. Folk said it's not the real thing. But experts agree, That it's them sing (not me), And it's done without aid of a string. Taught the old deathwatch to jive. Folk said that can't be alive. It's all an illusion. Please stop this confusion. Wait still for the van to arrive. At last I taught beetles to swim. Through methods perplexing and grim. I sat up all night, Till they all got it right, And some grew quite handsome and slim. Beautiful things, beetles.

dex

25-Mar-08/5:49 PM

bobjim, this poem is brilliant, all people ask is that you say who its by, in the first instance, credit where credit is due, which is something you've failed to do time and time again.

whoever this person is, and whatever they hold dear to them, doesn't make them a 'stupid loser', and neither does being passionate about the things they like - they simply see you ripping of something they appreciate as your own, 'till someone points out differently' and they react. The only stupid losers here are those pawning something as theirs when it is clearly not.

if you have enough time on your hands to type all this stuff out, copying fromk books, and yet don't have the simple courtesy of writting the authors name at the end, then look in the mirror the next time you want to call some one a stupid loser with too much time on their hands, then take a long hard look in the mirror and see that loser looking right back at you.

get real Bobjim, i'm sure these guys could push a pretty heavy law-suit your way for this kind of bull.... and i'm sure that a credible authors' publishers carry a little more punch than a worthless hack like you can handle.

just own up is all these guys are saying, chill out and give credit where credit is due, you can't carry on hiding behind pointless excuses and bitching.

get a life, get a job, and write your own stuff dude.

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