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Ode to My Lost Subscriber

goodbye dear friend I never knew

Steffany Ritchie
1 min readJan 4, 2023
Photo by cottonbro studio: https://www.pexels.com/photo/person-holding-red-lipstick-3831887/

The beginning of a new month
nay - a New Year!
heralds the 000 reset in the land of Medium

We begin each day dot fresh, renewed
the possibilities endless
maybe this month we will strike it rich!

Alas I was greeted with the sad news
of the departure of an old friend
a mystery patron has abandoned me

Goodbye dark stranger

Maybe they found a shinier penny
maybe they got sick of my babble and squeak
maybe they never read me at all?

’Tis a mystery, the society of affiliate members
where they come from, why they are here

For just over $2 a month lo this past year
I wouldn’t have minded
buying them a beer

Thanks for the memories,
I’ll be not seeing you.
Have a nice life, and take good care!

To my remaining supporters
PLEASE DON’T GO I BEG OF YOU I AM YOUR FAITHFUL SERVANT ETC.!
Love you all the most

xoxo, Your favorite writer?

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Steffany Ritchie
Steffany Ritchie

Written by Steffany Ritchie

Nicheless. American in Scotland. Publisher of "Cancer Sucks, So Let's Talk About it More"

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