It Doesn’t Take A Genius

It doesn't take a genius to make us feel egregious

By rhyming words like "nevermore"

With "four" and "score" and "chamber door"

And "days of yore" and "more and more"

Etcetera, etcetera

You wouldn't think a plagiarist would be so unoriginal

It's more than just offensive

Why it's positively criminal!

So nevermind the premature, let's get on with the burial!

We've heard it all before!

If some felon steals your jewelry you'd want him locked away

He's a criminal! He's a criminal!

But if he steals your words and makes a fortune from the play

He's no genius! He's no genius!

Integrity is all I ask, the jury has a simple task

Reviewing all the evidence, there really can be no defense

He doesn't have the common sense to be a genius!

A genius.... a genius...

A genius is somebody expanding our philosophy

Issuing mediocrity!

Avoiding all verbosity

Avoiding such verbosity

Poe writes of an orangutan who carries out a fiendish plan

Such animal could write the book itself it seems to me!

I've discovered a long-lost continent!

You're a genius! What a genius!

I've decided to run for president!

You're a genius... he's an idiot!

And so my friends we'll all agree this only proves my theory

It doesn't take a genius to be a genius!

No it doesn't take a genius to be a genius!

There really is no doubt at all, he doesn't have the wherewithal

The inspiration

Application

Concentration!

Education!

Innovation!

Reputation!

Dedication!

Perspiration!

Of true genius!

(A genius, a genius, a genius...)