Woe is me. My new driver’s license arrived in the mail today, and the photo ID looks
even worse than it had at DMV when they took it last week. Despite having an aging
population, New York State re-licenses drivers for 8 years — they sent an application to
my 85-year-old Dad recently. So, I’ll be flashing this little baby when Pres. Obama is
finishing his first term. [No, it won’t be going on my Sibs Page.]
Demographic policy questions are not what’s on my mind. I’m wondering
why I said “no,” when the DMV clerk asked whether I wanted to keep my
current license photo. You know, the one where I had all my hair and no gray.
Issa was lucky back in early 19th-Century Japan — no ID photos. See his self-portrait: . . .
vain clouds
forming vain peaks
in vain
scolding
vain man…
the autumn moon
Kobayashi Issa, translated by D.G.Lanoue
November 20, 2004
eight more years
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