First!

First! First! First! Refresh refresh refresh First! I was there before the others Before the comments found their feet Before the clever little summary Before the facts were in the street I put my flag beneath the headline I left my mark and hit return I had no time to understand it That’s how you know I was concerned And later, yes, the link was broken And later, yes, the source was thin But history favours early motion And I was already in First! I saw it first I shared it first I knew the shape before the words First! I felt it first I named it first I got there while the thing still hurt Don’t ask me what it means yet Don’t ask me what it cost I was first into the frame And after that, you lost First came jokes and little trophies First came “look at me, I’m here” Then came screenshots, threads, and quote posts Then came courage engineered I condemned it in the doorway I aligned before the bell I had the phrase before the article I had the angle set as well And later, yes, the clip was longer And later, yes, the claim was bent But by the time the ground corrected I had spent the sentiment First! I saw it first I shared it first I knew the crime before the corpse First! I framed it first I blamed it first I found the side and took the course Don’t ask me what the source says Don’t ask me what was missed I was first into the weather With my little moral fist A tiny word in a comment box A little race for pride A harmless piece of ancient rot That learned to pick a side First to post First to burn First to teach the feed concern First to point First to sneer First to make the meaning clear First to grieve First to doubt First to say who must be out First to know First to call First to be seen knowing at all Now everyone arrives prepared With captions loaded in the hand The verdict has a countdown clock The nuance has a loading band I do not need the whole event I need the part that starts to climb The first good line, the first bad face The first clean use of being on time First! I saw it first I shared it first I wore the proper wound at first First! I cared it first Declared it first I turned up clean and left rehearsed Don’t ask me what I carried Don’t ask me what it crossed I was first into the frame And after that- First to share it First to say it First to frame it First to weigh it First to carry First to clear it First to know before I hear it First! First! First! Refresh refresh refresh First.