you haven't logged on in almost ten
years. now here it is, a homepage
greeting you with a status update
vaguely referencing some american
tragedy you can't recall. who knows?
could have been a school shooting,
or a black citizen being killed by cops,
or simply reheated outrage at the forces
of corruption that grind and shift our tiny lives.
it's out of mind now. in mind is your new
status update. blue and yellow, in the shape
of a heart. "I Stand With..."
'at least I'm not in a war,' you take
a beat. 'at least I still have that date
tomorrow,' you keep going.
'oh god, why is he trending?' you think
frantically, as you close this app and open another.
you keep going.