Bad Timing

Unfortunately the internet is forever.

Something you may be interested in

But the tweet’s deleted, she’s dead

Seconds too long, the drink of the summer

Never quite took off: Dirty Shirley.

Order another. You never told me

You were an actor! Pretend surprise

Google knew who we were five years ago

But who are we now? Upload whispered

Nothings in my ear, your expired dreams.

I know what you did last summer.

I recognize the hotel balcony

But didn’t you know I would?

I tagged my location in 2018

Because I wanted you to appear

On the vinyl sunlounger beside me.

Previously published in Dude - Note in a Bottle 13