"Stop Tagging Me in Photo Albums" by Vicki Liu

 My first
 date’s hobby
 was going
 to therapy.
 The conversation
 was excellent
 then I never
 called him
 back.
 Amazing how
 I once
 ate a
 frozen grape
 and felt like
 I was tasting
 god.
 I’ll never
 go to
 a garden
 again, I don't
 like how the
 flowers
 stare back.
 In my head, you were taller.
 In the picture, you had more hair.
 It’s okay honey
 I understand. Please
 don’t take out your guitar, don’t sing me a
 song. Amazing how
 your heartache
 instantly made
 me wet.
 I agree
 that

 your ex
 is gorgeous.
 Come sit
 in the cracked phone
 screen light.
 Tell me
 all about it
 show me
 a picture
 or two.

Vicki is a freelance illustrator working out of Queens, New York. In her spare time she likes to play claw machine games and collect absurd amounts of stationary. You can find her online at www.vickiii.com