Requiem For A Lost Star

[ms liberty]

Early morning ritual
A warm computer
I check the news

My home page strange
Unfamiliar
Tacky, flashing ads
A jangling discordance

My star is gone!
Slipping away in the night
Like a faithless lover
No goodbyes

My screen name lonely
Forlorn, no star
To keep it warm

Oh star, I mourn your loss
I am bereft without your charms
No more search function
My favorite perk

What will I do
If disaster happens?
I can be shut out
Due to heavy traffic
My melancholy deepens
As I think the unthinkable

And the money to donate
To DU – my necessity, my addiction
But
A luxury for the unemployed
Like me

[Jed Dilligan]

1. Why do stars go away?

I would be in your shoes if someone hadn't been nice to me...

Cute poem, by the way!

[ms liberty]

2. Thanks!

It just came to me when I saw my star was gone. It's the first time I've posted any of my poetry. But now, less than 10 minutes after posting it, someone's donated for me!!! I love DU, and DU'ers.

[ms liberty]

3. Who did that? THANK YOU!!! XXXOOO! n/t