Tears, the One Exception

Tears are the one exception to the fine-in-your-body-but-gross-outside rule that I wrote of a few days ago. It is the only substance that is not repulsive once it is detached from a living human.

I wonder why this is. Tears are most decidedly aligned with emotions, but then so is semen. And some tears, of course, are neither those of joy or sorrow, but are instead a reaction to external conditions such as onion fumes, smoke, or tear gas.

Tears are clear, transparent (both figuratively and literally). Perhaps this clarity gives them an edge. But of course, you can see light through urine too.

Tears, the anomaly.