A Quiet French Clown

To the secondhand man, what is it you dream?
To flatter the world with your imitation?
Plagiarize each letter read through recital?
The next grand sing-a-long song to abuse and call your inspiration?
But what of the first man?
Is each there after a pitied image of him?
And to what did he dream?

I long for what the first man failed to imagine.

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[Phill Oz O'fee]

It was written; 'Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery' - but - such appreciation must be 'sincere' in its nature! Interestingly, if you think about a certain 'Pop' artist at the moment being sued for plagiarising an old Motown artist - you can imagine the parallels! Great thought provoking poetical write - nice one … :-)