Little Miss Just-Read-This — Title Only

Lyrics

[Intro]

[Verse 1]
Oh, my little glowing rectangle,
you at 9:17 AM, blue light on the toast crumbs.
The headline popped up: "Global Crisis Deepens – What You Need to Know."
I tapped share before the butter melted.
Caption: "THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING. WAKE UP PEOPLE."
Hashtags: #Truth #MustRead #ActNow.
You know I didn't scroll past the photo of the economist, 
that stern face in black and white.

[Chorus]
Screen, you hold the world in pixels,
but I just skimmed your surface,
eight seconds of confidence.
Shared to 247 followers,
who think I know, who think I care.
But the comments come, like knives in the feed:
"Did you read paragraph four? It says the opposite."
My thumb hovers, delete or defend?

[Verse 2]
Wednesday, 3:00 PM, at the cafe on Elm Street,
friend Emily sips her latte, quotes the middle bit 
about trade wars in 2022.
I nod, say "Exactly," but inside, blank as your lock screen.
You were in my pocket, vibrating with pings,
each one a reveal: "Link doesn't even work," or "Fake news?"
I practiced my laugh, the one that says "Of course I read it."

[Bridge]
Dear phone, you're my mirror without the reflection,
showing headlines like trophies.
I wear them like Lucinda's therapy words,
dropping "systemic failure" at brunch,
never knowing what comes after the dash.

[Verse 3]
Remember that ad disguised as news?
I argued for hours on Twitter, March 14th last year,
until someone linked the full piece.
It was for protein shakes.
You buzzed all night with notifications,
each one peeling back my eight-second armor.

[Chorus]
Screen, you hold the world in pixels,
but I just skimmed your surface,
eight seconds of confidence.
Shared to 247 followers,
who think I know, who think I care.
But the comments come, like knives in the feed:
"Did you read paragraph four? It says the opposite."
My thumb hovers, delete or defend?

[Outro]
Tonight, I'll actually read one, I promise you.
Start to finish. No sharing till then.
But there's a new alert: "Breaking – Scandal Unfolds."
Just the title. Must share.