so you’ve seen my writing 
on my website or someone else’s 
and think to yourself 
“This is better than anything 
I could have done myself. 
I’ll just borrow it; 
attach my name. 
It’s my word against theirs.” 
 
bastard 
coward 
thief 
 
in a face to face battle 
you, my friend, would lose 
but it’s the internet 
not the real world 
so take it 
pass it off as your own 
 
but I will challenge you 
 
come to me and we will 
have a write-off 
I’ll compose a piece in 
thirty minutes that would 
take an incompetent 
jack-ass like yourself 
a lifetime to write 
 
as you steal my life’s 
work, accumulate 
unworthy accolades 
remember this: 
 
you can never have 
my talent 
but if I saw you on the street 
I would have you for lunch.

 © Kristi Swadley

Originally published March 22, 2005 in Litvision

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