No one wore masks
At the BMV
Where photos are required
On the driver’s license.
Even the clerks
Breathed openly
Over the elderly
And severely
Immunocompromised
Like me.
The only person masked
The one most in need
Of protection.
Required to unmask
For a photo
To prove identity
And that I am
No threat
Driving a car
Or boarding a plane.
And yet,
The un-masked
Are allowed
To threaten me.
annarino writes 