APPROPRIATION
How discouraging it is
To stumble on your latest piece,
An idea you thought was yours, unique,
The perfect bon mot, the crowning touch
Was nothing but the purloined work of another.
What can I say that has not been said before?
If I, in my arrogance, place two letters together,
What guarantee is there
That this has not been done before?
The same, yet different.
You and I both see a bird.
You see swallow and I see crow
Yet all are in agreement
That it is a bird.
I can only plead my innocence that
Perhaps my meaning and intent were different.
We both saw a bird.
It’s All a case of Convergent Evolution.
Innocent, but still;
The ghost of plagiarism hangs heavy
With admonition.
Palimpsest 
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