PLAGIARISM

With stealth and ease
quite simplistically,
computer driven
search engine assisted,
the Internet as an
endless treasure trove,
the plagiarist can
pilfer, appropriate
assume, steal and use
whatever is to be
plagiarized and
pass it as his own.

Yet many a pitfall
awaits the scoundrel
who thinks he has
put one over on us,
methods and traps
unravel ill begotten gain,
one may ask interpretive,
subjective questions
leaving the usurper at a loss,
worse yet, he may be asked
to create that which he
is totally incapable of,
so you can readily see
it is better to be honest,
adhere to your own creativity
and not forever tarnish
your reputation, as a
worthless plagiarizer.

Herbert Holzbauer
© January 2004

Midi: "Honesty"
(Billy Joel)

Graphic: "1401"
(Polyhedra & Plagiarism in the Renaissance)
(darthmouth.edu)