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Diamond Tears
100 Faces in 100 Stories — No57
1 min readFeb 26, 2023
I was quick to cry. Everyone teased me for it, especially back in school, so I learned to duck out of a room if the waterworks came upon me.
But it was unavoidable at work when I stood behind a cash register every shift. Sometimes a customer would snap at me over a missed discount, and then my eyes would tear up.
It wouldn’t have been a problem if I were normal.
But every tear fell as a small diamond. Most people didn’t notice — they were too caught up in themselves — but I knew.
Who would make me a commodity?
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