than expected.
Everything OK?I text
as I slip into my desk and take out my
history homework.
Lyric:Fuck yes!
We’re going VIRAL.
Major engagement on our photos.
My throat feels dryand I swallow hard.
I can tell Lyric is hype
and it’s cute
but alsoVIRAL?
That sounds like a lot of eyes
on us.
I’m not much of a social media person.
Scrolling makes me anxious
I rarely go on any of my accounts
and being on display
makes me squirm.
I’m private about my life—
I prefer to be in the present
focus on what is vs. what’s been highly curated
but I don’t want to mess this up.
If going viral
means more time with Lyric
I can make it work.
And because I don’t know
what else to do
I send Lyric an upside-down smiling emoji
followed by a thumbs-up.
The media lab is the library
