{"id":13346,"date":"2018-10-31T16:31:10","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T23:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/?p=13346"},"modified":"2018-10-31T16:31:10","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T23:31:10","slug":"a-good-cry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/a-good-cry\/","title":{"rendered":"A Good Cry"},"content":{"rendered":"

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How long have you been watching the news and feeling like crying? Last week was the worst but it’s been going on a long time. Of course there’s rage, but as the true horror keeps building and obliterating everything else, there is grief.<\/p>\n

I just want to cry when I hear his voice. When he turns everything to shit. When he finds a new way to shock our sense of decency. I want to cry but I suck it up. You can’t go around crying all the time when you’re already exhausted and besides, you’re trying to aim for numb.<\/p>\n

But maybe a good cry would be cathartic. The weight you feel when you think about the world might be lightened, just a little. Crying exists for a reason. Tears of despair are supposed to be biologically useful<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We’ve had our days of marching but we need a day to cry. Before the midterms or after the midterms, it doesn’t matter. If we take over the senate, we can add relief to our reasons for crying.<\/p>\n

Every community can gather at a Starbucks<\/a> or the library. We need to make sure it’s a secular event. No praying, just crying. We’ll all bring tissues.<\/p>\n

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And let me be clear: We won’t “weep.” I hate the contemporary use of that word, like it’s a badge of honor or an accomplishment to “weep.” We will cry, and we will cry hard. We can even sob.<\/p>\n

If you don’t want to cry, that’s your problem. Go ahead and get an ulcer or colitis or heart disease.<\/p>\n

If you do want to cry, what will you cry for most? Me, I will cry for the stupidity and racism that brought us here. And for hippos<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Are you in or out?<\/p>\n