An Ode To Aleks

Day 3,240, 07:36 • Published in United Kingdom United Kingdom • by VoodooMike71


No doubt by now you’ve heard the terrible news… Aleks is leaving.

Everyone loves Aleks (well, almost everyone). Although in RL he’s a stranger to our shores, in eRep he’s the epitome of what makes the eUK great. His humour, his articles, his constant voting of absolutely everything you do thus filling your alerts feed - it’s the essence of being eBritish, and it’s what makes this stupid game worth playing.


just one of many reasons to miss Aleks


But now, with a very heavy heart, we find ourselves having to bid Aleks a fond farewell. It doesn’t seem right to mark his passing with a simple “sorry you’re leaving” article comment, so I’ve decided to come out of retirement as a poet of some standing and pen a Completely Original Composition (speak to my copyright lawyer😉 in his honour.

This is it.


Aleks’ Way
...by VoodooMike71 (and nobody else)

And now, the end is near
So Aleks faces the final curtain
My friend, Aleks says it clear
He states his case, of which he’s certain
He’s lived a life that's full
And traveled each and every highway
But more, much more than this
Aleks did it Aleks’ way

Regrets, he’s had a few
But then again, too few to mention
He did what he had to do
And saw it through without exemption
He planned each charted course
Each careful step along the byway
And more, much more than this
Aleks did it Aleks’ way

Yes, there were times, he’s sure you knew
When he bit off more than he could chew
But through it all, when there was doubt
Aleks ate it up and spit it out
He faced it all and he stood tall
And did it Aleks’ way

He’s loved and laughed and cried
He’s had his fill, his share of losing
And now, as tears subside
He finds it all so amusing
To think he did all that
And may he say - not in a shy way
Oh no, oh no, not him
He did it Aleks’ way

For what is a man, what has he got
If not himself, then he has naught
To say the things he truly feels
And not the words of one who kneels
The record shows, Aleks took the blows
And did it Aleks’ way


Aleks: sorry to see you go mate - you brighten this place up and make things fun. If you change your mind you know where we are.




Carlton is deeply saddened by Aleks leaving, and is dealing with it in the only way he knows how - through the medium of dance.


*he’s called Chinese Bob and what he doesn’t know about counterfeiting isn’t worth knowing.