I Still Use Our Wedding Hashtag in Private Posts
Public account clean. Private alt has the hashtag and his face and comments from her that are not my business.
Married now. Happy, mostly.
Private alt is a disease. I search our old hashtag. See their wedding photos. Her dress. His smile—the one I taught him.
I don't comment. I archive. Scroll until thumbs hurt.
My husband thinks I'm reading news.
I'm reading an alternate life I was edited out of.
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