this photo dredges up a similar feeling to the beginning of the week & the $750 tax figure. you’re staying at home, not seeing loved ones. making big sacrifices for the greater good. but that’s a *you* thing. *they* do what they want always. it makes you feel like a sucker. 
i keep flipping through these photos today like an idiot. the celebratory vibe is so galling. just the smug, carefree look of people who feel their rightful place is above the law or that the laws of nature ought not to apply to them. That not caring for others is their right.
But i dont feel like a sucker any more. Now it's anger. For the personal selfishness that keeps the pandemic raging & diminishes the personal sacrifices so many have made to mitigate the virus’ spread. Anger that somebody with such a bone-deep disdain for civic duty is in charge
silver lining is that their inability to sacrifice even the slightest for others reminds me how much a vast majority of ppl *have* sacrificed. even the little kindnesses (someone pulls a mask up when you get close on sidewalk) are buoying. makes our small lives rn feel bigger
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