Thread by @StevenBrust

A time there was when life was good
I'd greet each day with verve
I'd meet each challenge to come my way
No less than I deserved
1/9

Though adversity might slow me down
I knew that soon or late
I would triumph over life's cruelty
I thought it was my fate.
2/9

I feel naught but bitter mockery now
In the smiles of those I meet
The light has gone from out my eyes
Someone "liked" my opponent's tweet.
[verse break]
3/9

I'd thought that I had crushed him sure
With logic none could refute
That all I would receive was praise:
"You're so brilliant, sharp, astute."
4/9

I welcomed his so vain discourse
(So cruel is irony)
For I felt my argument so strong
All would, perforce, agree
5/9

I knew that all who saw the thread
Would know that he'd been beat
Pride goeth sure before a fall
Someone "liked" my opponent's tweet.
[verse break]
6/9

That a virtual heart could be so cruel
Surpasses comprehension
Yet the evidence lies before my eyes
Trapped within my mentions
7/9 [yay star trek]

Now I tread on life's harsh road
Each day by weary day
With bleak horizon greeting me
The sky unbroke slate gray
8/9

Where once the wind was at my back
I trudge through gale and sleet
All Mudville shines compared to me
Someone "liked" my opponent's tweet.
9/9