Sonnet - "Plagiarizers should be shot. Period!"

Not necessarily shot with firearms; out of a cannon into a flaming pit would be acceptable as well.

Did Shakespeare ever pen a play or not?

Some say Marlowe or Bacon did the deed

First off, those who plagiarize should be shot

Way too many writers are filled with greed

Hold them to account or it goes to pot

Party night sucks with no film and just weed

I’ve been ripped off and ‘twas more than a jot

For free, I would have given what you need

Name in the credits, ‘tis a wondrous spot

Alas, the word thieves do win in the end

Days descend, months move, time doth wend

Stories survive yet the author is lost

Veracity is a salad half-tossed.

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