coffee break(down) (Patreon)

‪...after walking through the little center of the little town i’m currently living in down in aotearoa new zealand with a  little song in my heart after dropping my kid at the little school, i checked my feed and email over a little morning coffee in the little café and for some reason, i just broke. 

i saw the polls from america and then the news about melbourne going into full level-4 lockdown for 6 weeks with an 8 pm curfew and one hour of outdoor exercise allowed followed by an enthusiastic email from my hometown new york library about “virtual story hour!!” for the children ... and i just lost it and started openly crying. it was the library email that broke me. 

the kiwis in the café are gently and sympathetically ignoring me. ‬they’re good at that. 

i don’t know why this broke me today of all days. 

it’s the twentieth email like that i’ve gotten from the library. i don’t know why. 

sometimes you just break. 

i am still crying while writing this post. 

i may just fucking cry all day. i am so lucky to be here. i still can’t believe this is all happening. 

i can believe it. i guess it’s knowing i believe it that makes me cry. 

to my friends & community all over the world, and especially in melbourne today: i love you. 

please hang in there. 

it may get worse before it gets better but...we will get through this. 

xx

a

p.s. i was supposed to post this morning enthusiastic about my two new shows in NZ, in auckland and dunedin. i mean. i cannot believe i am in one of the only places on the planet where i can safely play to a huge theater of people. it just makes me cry more. tickets on sale to patrons wedneday at 10am NZST and to public thursday at 10am. 

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