Eighty-Six Forty-Seven

To Be, Or Not To Be...

The icon of the dying star
Slowly climbs up heaven’s vault:
`T’was there before laid eyes upon;
Though we now see it, it’s long gone...

Mihai Eminescu, To The Star

At long last, the heavens have finally answered the millions of fervent prayers, offered up over the past couple of years, tearfully begging God to eighty-six forty-seven, by 86-ing the beloved Star Trek star, whose illustrious acting carrier experienced a major professional breakthrough at the ripe age of forty-seven, a few short months after his eighty-sixth birthday. May his cherished memory endure till the stars all burn away.