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We Sold Our Souls For Rock'n'Roll

A Plagiaristic Poem From The Titles of This Black Sabbath Album

By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred Published 6 months ago 1 min read
Black Sabbath Album Cover

Introduction

I haven't written a plagiaristic poem for a while, and, to my knowledge neither has anyone else, ever, but that is fine. The concept is documented by the link at the end of this poem.

There are seventeen songs on the album, so I am going to use an adapted sonnet form, with each of the first three verses containing five lines rather than four.

You may need to know Black Sabbath to appreciate this, but I am sure you know Ozzy Osbourne, who we sadly lost yesterday.

I hope you enjoy this, slice of plagiaristic doom metal.

We Sold Our Souls For Rock'n'Roll

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Black Sabbath, Dark Is The Night, Church Bell Tolls

The Wizard In Black Robes Casting Dark Spells

Warning Given, None Listened, So Their Fall

Paranoid Fears, Dark Streets Await Death's Knell

War Pigs, Witches At Black Masses, Spiders Crawl

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Iron Man, Giant Metallic Robot

Wicked World, In Which We Humans All Live

Tomorrow's Dream May Give Us Hope Or Not

Fairies Wear Boots, They Are So Aggressive

Changes Now Have To Come To Stop The Rot

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Sweet Leaf To Bring Some Calm And Hope To Us

Children Of The Grave, The Walking Dead Rise

Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath Blood Flows So Rough

Am I Going Insane(Radio) Lies!!

Laguna Sunrise, Then The Moon Will Rust

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Snowblind, Light So Bright That I Cannot See

N.I.B. Is Bill Ward's Nib Shaped Goatee

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  • Paul Stewart6 months ago

    Thanks for nudging me towards this, Mike! I loved it and as a Sabbath fan, appreciated the little references in each line! :)

  • Calvin London6 months ago

    👏👏👏👏👏- clever Mike.

  • Mark Grahamabout a year ago

    You got Ozzy down to a T. Great piece.

  • I've missed your plagiaristic poems! Loved this one so much!

  • ReadShakurrabout a year ago

    Spectacular piece

  • Rasma Raistersabout a year ago

    Well done and most creative, Rock on,

  • Heather Hublerabout a year ago

    Very clever and quite brilliant :)

  • Esala Gunathilakeabout a year ago

    Nice entry, great going.

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