First tears: I had to endure the dentist, which has never, once, gladdened my heart. As he gently squeezed the burning numbness into my gum (it seeped up to my lip, my nose), one eye was stoic. The other, further from him, spilled a steady stream of my pain. What a thankless profession.
Second tears: I voted. As I tapped that little piece of paper into its fragile cardboard box, a wave of awe rose through me, and I blinked back tears. Kept blinking them back as I left city hall, and walked across the newly finished square with skaters dancing. I think it's because we come from a country where votes for most were hard-won only a little more than 10 years ago. What a priviledge, what a responsibility, what power safely managed by the masses!
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