I stare down the like button greedily
Wait for it to change to one
Refresh. Refresh. Refresh.
Unaware of the ticking of time around me
As sunrise becomes sunset
As children play out in the street
As neighbors yell obnoxiously
As dogs bark obsessively—including my own
Refresh. Refresh. Refresh.
Time slips all around me.
Has it been minutes? Hours? Days?
I will not look at the clock to tell
I will not look away from the little heart on my screen
Not until—
Finally!
The symbol turns red
The nothingness becomes a one
For a moment, I am fulfilled
…And now I wait for the next heart
About the Creator
Stephanie Hoogstad
With a BA in English and MSc in Creative Writing, writing is my life. I have edited and ghost written for years with some published stories and poems of my own.
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