little notes of love and encouragement
quotes from famous poets and authors.
E. E. Cummings. Nice, Lyric says.Sorry
I shouldn’t have looked. Don’t be embarrassed.
That’s sweet that your mom does that.
I mean, I want to throw up
just a little bitbut still.
It’s sweet.
I meet her eyes now, and they are teasing
but kind.Please don’t breathe a word of this
to anyone.
I’ll be ruined.
Lips sealed, she replies.
Anyway, this is what I want to show you.
Lyric holds out her phone
opens the BeautyStarz app
and the pictures of us by the tree.
I scroll through them
caught up for a moment
againwith how natural we look
our chemistry through the roof.
I mean, these are really, really
great, I say finally.
Did you see the amount of views and likes?
We’re not the only ones that think so.
Over 100K clicks already
and listen—so many companies
have reached out to me in my DMs
wanting to sponsor more content.
Holy shit, that’s a lot of clicks,
