i'd give you the shirt off my back
if i didn't wear my heart on my sleeve
if i wasn't so naive, i'd believe you
i'd take your watch if you took my time
if time was money,
then you bought everything from me.

i was left without a penny or a thought
i'd think better of you if you had kept the change
but trading paper is commonplace today
we work hard for it just to give it away
remember when we traded baseball cards?
the lemonade stand and the pricewars on each corner
comic book stores and the toys we saved all year for.
it's all been sold. we've all grown older.

the rootbeer floats all sunk to the bottom
they ran out of my favorite flavor of gum
little johnny traded his wooden rifle for a gun
blood covered my shiny new red flyer wagon
inflation deflated the dreams of the young.

garage sales were a nostalgic wasteland
you drive a hard bargain, said the old man
you see, it was classic supply and demand
but their parent's just didnt understand
theres nothing you can do to relive it?
damn!

politics is where the heart is
and home is just where another voter lives
you're kids are unregistered, unfathered; senator.
which is more important? four more years in service
or four more years with a growing dissapointment?
broken promises or broken baseball bats?
witnessing a grand slam or testifying to a grand jury?
hot dogs and a trip to the local library,
or hot sex at the office with the company's secretary?

mother said to wash my mouth out with soap
and when i finished i used the box to stand on and talk
with an insecure tone i told everyone how i felt alone
in a crowded world, in a corner, in my room, on my own
mother said to "just wait until your father gets home"

telephones to television to telemarketing
we watch and listen as the world spins
we stand motionless even without the E.
if nothing is free how can love be priceless?
if money doesnt grow on trees
what is that green leaf your selling?

your words were forced when you said
"World, you can't take my innocents"
i said, if i had a nickle and dime
for everytime you said that
id have fifteen damn cents.

Bah, you're*, I hate typos.

I am speechless,, Awesome,, Incredible,, A wise young man with an incredible talent such insight in todays Society, Bravo,...

Thanks a bunch.

This is really awesome did you write this don't mean to question you just due to the structure of the poem not many kids your age would know it lol well unless you listen to your parents real well if so it is really good

LOOK I TRIED TO GIVE YOU EVERY CHANCE TO ANSWER ME AFTER AN HOUR NOW OF TRYING TO GET YOU TO ANSWER MY QUESTION FOR IN HERE YOU CLAIM THIS POEM IS YOURS SO NOW YOU LEAVE ME NO CHOICE!!
FOR AFTER TRYING TO GET HIM TO TAKE AN IM FROM ME FOR 15 MIN HE WOULD NOT ACCEPT IT AND REFUSE TO ANSWER MY E-MAILS WHICH HE READ. OHHH AND CASE YOU DON'T KNOW THERE BOONDOCKMICCK WE CAN TELL WHEN YOU OPEN YOUR MAIL THAT WE SENT LMAO YOU DON'T DESERVE TO BE ON THIS SITE AT ALL.


SO HERE'S TO YA BIG BOY YA WANT TO PLAY WITH THE BIG DOG'S FIRST YA BETTER LEARN WHO THE BIG DOG'S ARE WHEN YA NIPPING AT THERE AZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ !!!!!!


OKAY I HAVE ASKED YOU HERE IF YOU WROTE THIS POEM AND GAVE YOU PLENTY OF TIME TO RESPOND TO MY QUESTION.

WHICH YOU MADE THE CHOICE NOT TO ANSWER THEN I SENT YOU AND E-MAIL WHICH YOU OPENED AND READ STILL YOU WOULD NOT ANSWER MY QUESTION. SENT A SECOND E-MAIL HUMM WHICH YOU IGNORED THEN TRIED TO IM YOU WHICH YOU ALSO IGNORED.

I HAVE GAVE YOU EVERY CHANCE TO ADMIT YES THIS WAS OR WAS NOT YOUR POEM WHICH IN THE THREAD YOU TOOK CREDIT FOR IT REAL QUICK AS YOU’RE THE ONE THAT WROTE IT.

I GAVE YOU THE CHANCE TO ADMIT IT WAS NOT YOURS AND WAS GONNA LET YOU GO BACK AND SAY SORRY BUT…. I WAS JUST SHARING THIS POEM SORRY I FORGOT TO LIST THE REAL POET AND GIVE CREDIT WERE CREDIT WAS DUE.!!!

WHY WOULD YOU NOT ANSWER IT HUMM I GUESS THERE IS ONE THING IN LIFE YOU HAVE NOT LEARNED YET.

DON’T TRY TO FOOL THE ONES THAT LIVED IN THIS TIME ERA AND AFTER READING THIS I KNEW RIGHT OFF THE BAT IT WAS NOT YOURS. I MAY BE GETTIG OLDER BUT REMEMBER I’M STILL MUCH SMARTER THAN YOU ARE.

HUMMM GO FIGURE I MAY BE ON THIS SITE A HELL OF A LOT BUT LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING THIS IS NO FOOL YOUR DEALING WITH!!!!

AND I GET VERY VERY PISSED OFF WHEN SOMEONE GOES AS FAR AS PLAGIARISM AND THEN TRY’S TO CLAIM IT FOR THERE OWN.

ONE THING IN LIFE THAT TOTALLY TURNS ME AGAINST SOMEONE IS A LIER , A CHEAT AND A THIEF HUMM AND YOU HAVE PROVED YOURSELF TO BE GUILTY ON ALL THREE COUNTS .

IF YOU WERE MY CHILD I DON’T CARE IF YOU ARE 19 YOUR ASS WOULD BE SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MINE!!

AND BELIEVE ME I COULD MAKE A BELIEVER OUT OF YOU.

FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE POEMS I WRITE ARE MINE AND ONLY MINE NOT FOR SOME SNOT NOSE KID TO COME IN AND CLAIM WHAT IS NOT HIS!!!!

IN CASE YOU DON’T KNOW THIS IS AGAINST THE LAW !!

AND FUNNY CAUSE FOR SOME REASON I THINK YOU HAVE PULLED THIS ONCE BEFORE IN HERE.

OHH HERE LEARN WHAT PLAGIARISM IS :
Plagiarism is the practice of claiming, or implying, original authorship or incorporating material from someone else's written or creative work, in whole or in part, into one's own without adequate acknowledgement. Unlike cases of forgery, in which the authenticity of the writing, document, or some other kind of object, itself is in question, plagiarism is concerned with the issue of false attribution. Plagiarism can also occur unconsciously; in some cultures certain forms of plagiarism are accepted because the concept can be interpreted differently.


HERE IS THE WEBSITE HE STOLE IT FROM:


http://www.paintedperfectly.com/modules.php?name=Your_Account&op=userinfo&username=7_Dropz

INFO ON THE REAL POET THAT WROTE THIS:

Location: Seattle, Washington
Occupation: Poet, Musician
Interests: To dispense poetic views.


"Poetry: The Middle Class" by 7ropz

7 Dropz -------------------------------POET’S NAME THAT ACTUALLY POSTED AND WROTE THIS POEM

I'd give you the shirt off my back
if i didn't wear my heart on my sleave
if i wasn't so niave, i'd believe you
i'd take your watch if you took my time
i'f time was money,
then you bought everything from me.

i was left without a penny or a thought
i'd think better of you if you had kept the change
but trading paper is commonplace today
we work hard for it just to give it away
remember when we traded baseball cards?
the lemonade stand and the pricewars on each corner
comic book stores and the toys we saved all year for.
it's all been sold. we've all grown older.

the rootbeer floats all sunk to the bottom
they ran out of my favorite flavor of gum
little johnny traded his wooden riffle for a gun
blood covered my shiny new red flyer wagon
inflation deflated the dreams of the young.

garage sales were a nostalgic wasteland
you drive a hard bargain, said the old man
you see, it was classic supply and demand
but their parent's just didnt understand
theres nothing you can do to relive it?
damn!

i've lost my rally-cap for good ol' uncle sam.
i am a patriot; only when the football team wins.
i've protested. ive learned my lessons.
those who dont like bush, dont like to be pushed back.
politics is where the heart is
and home is just where another voter lives
you're kids are unregistered, unfathered; senator.
which is more important? four more years in service
or four more years with a growing dissapointment?
broken promises or broken baseball bats?
witnessing a grand slam or testifying to a grand jury?
hot dogs and a trip to the local library,
or hot sex at the office with the company's secretary
mother said to wash my mouth out with soap
and when i finished i used the box to stand on and talk
with an insecure tone i told everyone how i felt alone
in a crowded world, in a corner, in my room, on my own
mother said to "just wait untill your father gets home"

telephones to television to telemarketing
we watch and listen as the world spins
we stand motionless even without the E.
if nothing is free how can love be priceless?
if money doesnt grow on trees
what is that green leaf your selling?
if poverty is appealing to white teens
why are you never seen in the ghetto?
"go ahead, call me a nigger, i dare you... cracker"
this is how racism has been reversed
its the minorities that are now heard first.
and i am the devil for not being diverse.

your words were forced when you said
"America, you can't take my innocents"
i said, if i had a nickle and dime
for everytime you said that
id have fifteen ****ing cents.




WELL NOW I EXPECT YOU WILL COME BACK AND SAY I DID NOT GIVE YOU TIME TO SAY YOU FORGOT TO PUT THE REAL POET'S NAME UP LOL WELL GUEES WHAT FROM THE FIRST TIME I POSTED TILL NOW HAS TIMES AND DATES ON THEM HUMMMMMMMMMMMM

DON'T EVER THINK YOU CAN FOOL OTHERS THIS INTERNET MAY BE BIG AND WITH MASSIVE MATERIAL ON IT BUT LITTLE BOY YOU JUST RAN UPON ONE THAT IS IN NO WAY DUMB AND KNOWS HER WAY AROUND THE INTERNET TOO I HAVE NOT BEEN ON THE INTERNET THE LAST 5 YEARS LEARNING HOW TO TURN A COMPUTER ON. NOR DO I LIMIT MYSELF TO A FEW SITES.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm, they say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but I'm not sure this is what they had in mind...

OH this is a reason for expulsion from many colleges today...........when you read another writers words, give credit where credit is due..........don't be envious and claim for your own anothers work............be thankful that the person was kind enough to share it........and give the proper credit.....

Amen and pass the swonnicles.

okay he decideds to answer me now and still taking the credit for the poem Shssssssssssssssssh

BOY DOES HE HAVE A RUDE AWAKENING!!


Sat 07/28/07 12:46 PM
Subject: Re: :)
Body: Hey,

Yeah..I've been writing a long time since Middle School lol, and thanks for the kind words. :D



Previously you wrote:
Humm not sure if my last e-mail got to you or not was asking about your poem it really is good actually it is awesome for someone so young to be able to put it into the words you have I'm really impressed seriously. So have you been writing long or maybe other memebers in the family also writes

to txs.....GOTCHA!!!!!!!!!!!!...

AWWWWWWWWWWWWW POOOR BABY GOT CAUGHT AT HIS OWN GAME AND NOW HAS DEACTIVATED LOL

Only the guilty deactivate and run when called on their plagiarism

run boy run..no room here for thieves who have no talent and have to steal others work

txs scores on a 3 pointer!!!!!!!!! The crowd goes wild!!!!!!!...

Well goes to show if want to steal someones poem don't steal one that is about what happen before you were ever born much less thought of.

Hell I was just a kid at the time lol

Nice catch TG. Using someone elses work for insiration is fine and dandy, but thievery ain't kosher.

OKAY NOW I CAN SAY THAT FOR ONCE IN MY LIFETIME I HAVE AGAIN BEEN LOST FOR WORDS FOR I JUST RECEIVED THIS E-MAL FROM BOODOCKMICK AND HAVE TO ADMIT I DO ADMIRE HIM FOR DOING THIS AND MY SELF HAVE FORGIVEN HIM AND WILL POST WHAT I E-MAILED HIM ALSO FOR IT TAKES A VERY BRAVE PERSON TO ADMIT WHAT HE DID.






Sat 07/28/07 01:26 PM
Subject: Re(3): :)
Body: I now know a valuable lesson, that indeed you cannot fool anybody. True..im guilty of all counts, i have no arguement whatsoever. Funny thing is though that poem was recycled on three different sites by three different users, mainly rap forums and stuff. I'm just a piss ant, apparantly i have alot to learn. I just thought i'd share it here, but it was my own idiotic fault to reply back with "thanks for the imput", because that indicated that i claimed it as mine.

you'll probably post this in the topic, which i cant stop if you do, i've already made a fool and a moron out of myself. thanks for kicking me in the ass. no, i cant say sorry because my sorry wont be accepted. but i can thank you for showing me a valuable lesson that alot take for granted at youth.

thanks.

THIS WAS MY RESPONSE TO HIM AND I DO STAND BEHIND IT IF HE MAKES THE CHOICE TO COME BACK FOR I DO ADMIRE THE COURAGE IT TOOK FOR HIM TO E-MAIL ME AND ADMIT WHAT HE DID BUT NEVERLESS WE ALL DESERVE A SECOND CHANCE AND SO DOES HE I WILL ACCEPT HIM BACK AND SURE EVERYONE ELSE HERE WOULD ALSO SO PLEASE GIVE YOUR THOUGHTS AND LET HIM SEE WHAT WE REALLY THINK



Sat 07/28/07 01:45 PM
Subject: Re(4): :)
Body: You know while we are learning a leason let me tell you another one for you to learn for one you are so wrong about your sorry would do no good. Ya you just happen to post this poem on this site and yeah as soon as I read it I knew point blank it was not yours. At the time of the first e-mail to you I had yet to find it on the web. But by the time I tried to IM you and the 2nd email yes I had it all and ready. One I may be old enough to be your mom I have a 24 year old son and a 22 year old daughter. And ohhh yeah I would be soooooo pissed at either one for doing what you did.

For I have only been writing for a litttle over a year now and have had a lot of good comments here and other places and do have some on a poetry site. I know in High School they do not stress Plagiarism but in College if caught which believe me the teachers are way beyond me on catching this. In College they will kick you completely out if they chose too.

But no matter what you think that I think. I will say one thing to you. And you can believe me or not and I will post this on the thread the reason is it takes a bigger person to admit what they did wrong and to learn a leason from it then it does for one to deactivate and run.

Now if you want to come back and be on this site which is more family than dating a lot of us are friendns here. But if you want to let me know I will stand beside you for to me I admire anyone that can come back and tell the truth and say they are sorry. It has happen here before and everyone has accepted them back.

This is not a game when it comes to writing it is not my life but it would truly hurt my feelings to know someone was stealing my poems and claiming them to be theres.

But I can forgive you for what happen for you have showed me something I never figured you would do and that is to come back and at least e-mail me and you did not get mad at me nor did you lash out at me that to me shows me you have earned my respect.

And these are not words upon the page I will post what you sent me as well as what I have sent you and you can read it yourself for you see I stand behind my word and will not back away if I say I forgive you then let it it will be up to you to prove that this is not something you would do again.

And for that I would admire your courage as well. THANK YOU FOR BEING MORE GROWN UP THAN I GAVE YOU CREDIT FOR.

Go TxsGal!! Honest and fair, kick ass!

Boon, ya stood up and took it like man. Props to you for that. A lot o folks woulda either ran or taken to the warpath. Good to see someone respond the way you did. Again props to ya Boon.