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Intellectual Property Rights

THE DREAM POLICE 
   INVADE MY HEAD 
   WHEN I STARTED TO DREAM, 
   WHILE ASLEEP IN BED. 
   THEY TRIED TO ACCUSE ME 
   OF UNAUTHORIZED THOUGHTS. 
   I TURNED THE TABLES 
   WITH WHAT I WAS TAUGHT. 
   MY TWO HEADED DRAGON 
   SNUCK UP FROM BEHIND, 
   SNATCHED THEM BOTH, 
   I SAID, YOUR ASS IS NOW MINE. 
   THIS IS MY WORLD, 
   I MAKE THE RULES. 
   YOUR UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY, 
   IS VERY UN-COOL. 
   MY TWO HEADED DRAGON 
   STARED DOWN IT'S FEAST, 
   AWAITING MY SIGNAL 
   TO DEVOUR THE BEASTS. 
   WHEN YOU DON'T REPORT BACK, 
   THEY'LL KNOW SOMETHING WENT WRONG. 
   ONE THING FOR SURE, 
   THEY CAN SEE THAT YOUR GONE. 
   I'LL DREAM UP A POEM, 
   HOW YOU WERE TRAPPED IN A MAZE. 
   LOST FOR YEARS, 
   MAYBE MONTHS, 
   EVEN DAYS. 
   I TURNED MY BACK, 
   STARTED WALKING AWAY. 
   I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, 
   AFTER THAT, 
   ON THAT DAY. 
   REGARDING MY INTELLECTUAL 
   PROPERTY 
   RIGHTS. 
   MY TWO HEADED DRAGON 
   ALWAYS HAS THE LAST BITE.

Copyright © Michael E. Harris




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