If you search long enough you might find me
I don't know my privacy settings anymore
They changed -- or not -- a few months ago
(I recently turned eighteen)
But what will you see in the book of my face?
Do I struggle, do I fail, do I cry?
No, never: my online persona is always happy
Presenting the best snippets of my life
I stalk people silently, clicking through pictures
Of beaches and concerts and restaurants
And I try to glean what their lives must be like
An impossible task when they hide their cares
What do we keep in the books of our faces?
From good to bad to ugly
The online community wants to be happy
But the world is still a scary place
When I post something about a disaster
Like the recent plane crash in the Alps
Even if my tone is relatively cheerful
One "like" is all I can expect
On Facebook we can forget our offline lives
Scrolling through our dense newsfeeds
Wading through post after positive post
Until the book of our faces has brainwashed us
@sleepingbeautycello is the author of "Welcome to my Mind", "Dustland" and "Listen for Silence".
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And It All Happened in Social Media
Short StoryA compilation of works by the members of OnTheList book club with the theme: social media.
