November 24, 2008

Poetry Submission: Autoshredder and the Plagiarism Police

Lil mousies I luv
Mousies I luvs to eat
Bite they lil heads off
Nibble on they tiny feet!

~Roberta

Sashimi says: MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR MREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRR!

That's the sound of the plagiarism siren, followed by the misquoting siren. You have been dumped into the autoshredder.

This poem is actually a famous rhyme by B. Kliban, and goes like this:
Love to eat them mousies...
Mousies what I love to eat!
Bite they little heads off,
Nibble on they tiny feet.

Sushi says: While I believe Kliban did have a cat named Roberta, one must give credit where credit is due. This poem belongs to B. "Hap" Kliban, and no other.

Ella says: I eat copycats for breakfast. With salt, if they misquote.

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