Speaking of John Donne’s, Devotions upon Emergent Occasions, No. 17, I once wrote a parody entitled For Whom the Dog Barks, in response to an annoying neighborhood canine. A couple of years later, my son was looking through one of those trashy gag item catalogues and spotted a coffee mug, or tee shirt or some such thing with the same dog eared phrase imprinted on it. He jokingly suggested that I should sue the company for stealing my idea. We decided to check with John first, but he hasn’t gotten back to us yet.