My Avatar

My avatar can’t get me far
‘Cause she’s got just one eye.
Attempts to change her don’t work out,
No matter how I try.

I chose her ‘cause the photo is
A picture that I like;
But since she’s been uploaded
Seems the site has been on strike.

Her face is fine up on my screen
But in the image shrunken,
She looks as if she’s lost an eye
Or maybe even drunken.

I’ve tried to choose another pic
That will not have such flaws;
But “System Error’s” what I get
And I don’t know the cause.

So when you see my avatar
Reserve what you are thinking;
Imagine me in impish mode
‘Cause then I might be winking!
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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Johnson Avatar
April 9, 2013 at 3:56 PM
Imagine me and you may see an image quite the same. Maybe someday I'll post my own and get into the game.
Pettit Avatar
December 11, 2011 at 1:35 AM
Cute poem with some good rhyming.
Merryman Avatar
December 10, 2011 at 7:13 PM
Enjoyed this, Ilene. Kim
Lane Avatar
December 10, 2011 at 3:54 PM
Never, never ask these people to imagine you!!!!
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