I'd not Sing if I Were the King
If I were the king
endowed with a sting
I wouldn’t be writing this poem
I 'd just summon you to court
and when you are on your knees proper
I’d just get you to sing
a song, a poem
that goes:
ding-a-ling-ling
bling-a-ling-a-ling
ding-don g-a-ding-ding
and I’d silence you and pronounce aloud
be telling you then
none in the land writes well at all
and I’ll take your own horrid song from you
and I’ll be telling you:
“Listen to my song
Listen to my poem”
And I’d recite your very own lines to you
And I’d ask you: “What do you think? ”
And of course you’d say,
trembling:
“No one in the land
Sire
in all the wide world -
no one writes like you, Sire”
But that’s if I were King
which I am not
And so I’ll have to sing
and write my own poems
(except when I’m plagiarising)
And you’ll be here nice and honest
just laughing and rolling
as I sing:
ding-a-ling-ling
bling-a-ling-a-ling
ding-don g-a-ding-ding
Dear Keith - Thank you very much for the clarification. Indeed there was that sly (just for subtle humor) rebuke....
so your not king, I'd rather you keep on writing your wonderful poems for us to read.
Objectionable? Of course not...I read it as a sly rebuke of the folks here on PF who steal from others and publish as their own with no reference to the original.
Dear Keith - enjoyed the video you've provided in your link. I hope you didn't find my humor in my poem objectionable?
every time I hear the word king...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8bqQ-C1PSE
That's only if YOU were KING! But you are not, so? LOL God bless, Linda
You have portrayed the plagiarist kings very beautifully through your sarcasm…nice humour