Their Original Sin

Sympathy for the intellectual thief

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Plagiarists’ greatest crime
against humanity,
authors, and poets

is not just derived from
their prideful deceit,
gluttonous piracy,

covetous envy,
unmitigated avarice and
lustful, often furious
theft of creativity,

but it resides solely in
their indolent faith’s
refusal to believe
in themselves.

© BJ Dawson — 2020, 2025, originally published in Wordsmith Library via Medium.

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