Octothorp had never thought
her day would finally come,
but she gradually found
she was drawn centre stage
and the source of laughter and fun.
But even as she was prefixed
to all kinds of wit and quick banter,
her name was dumbed down,
she soon lost her crown
to 'hash-tag' the younger pretender.
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/octothorpe
# was originally termed an octothorp.
But you know how things get dumbed down.