What Kind of Wrong

You know, I never expected it

To go viral

The photo

It was just this weird looking teddy bear

And then it, like, took off

Like people were making memes

It was crazy

Totally crazy

And, uh, so I took the photo

And now, uh, it’s got, like,

I mean, millions

Like, literally millions of people

Have seen that photo, so--

So now, um,

I’m basically thinking about

Like, what my message is

My story

Who I am

What my, um, brand is

Like, I’m thinking about all that

And, you know

Like whether or not

I should get an agent

Or just be my own agent

Or have my mom be my agent, you know?

I mean, you have to think about these things

Because, um, you know

I have momentum behind me now

But that’s not always going to be there

And while it’s there

I really want to make sure

That I’m doing the most

I can with it

You know?

And it just makes me really mad sometimes

That it doesn’t seem like

I’m getting credit

For taking that photo, you know?

Like, I found the teddy bear in the street

I took the original photo

And, like, captioned it

Although most people didn’t really seem to get

My caption

But the original photo was mine

And, like, right now

I’m not seeing any money from that

Like, not a dime

And I just don’t think that’s right, because, um

Like, a lot of people

Are enjoying that photo

And I’m not receiving, you know

Compensation for that

So, I mean, I just think that’s wrong

And I’d love to, I don’t know,

Be like, an ambassador or whatever

For, um, people like me

Who, um, have their work, like,

Basically, um, basically stolen

By, like, you know

The Internet

I just think there should be a response

For when things like that happens

Because right now?

I’m not even booked to, like,

Go on tv shows or anything

Like, not even on Ellen

And she’ll have anybody on

But her people haven’t even called me

And so I’m just sitting here

Metaphorically, I mean

I’m not sitting at this actual moment

But, um, I’m sitting here

Thinking--

Is this plagiarism?

...Or whatever?

I mean, I know it’s wrong

I know that

But what kind of wrong

Is it?

Because, like, everyone keeps telling me

That, like, it’s not a big deal

To just take a photo

And have tons of people share it

But, like--

Is it a big deal

To go on a talk show

And say something stupid

And have everybody freak out

And start putting you on t-shirts

And have you--have you--

Because that happened

To this girl I know

No, like really, it did

So what’s the difference?

Like, what’s the difference between--

It’s just timing

Like, at one time

I would have gotten

So much more attention

For taking that photo

And now--

Now it’s just like--

Oh cool

But people keep scrolling

And, like, nobody’s even paying attention to me

And it just seems wrong

Like, again, I don’t know what kind of wrong

But, like, definitely

Wrong