#identity #documents
May 23, 2021

LOST IDENTITY

Part 1

It happened just a few days ago.
A life long, re-occurring, terrifying, anxiety filled
nightmare has happened in real life.
I have lost my identity.
Passport-gone.
State Identification card-gone.
The booklet with a record of vaccinations-gone.
Every required government document,
with its number, and I am a number, is gone.
The chains of civilization have suddenly disappeared.
It's like a quick, slit of the throat that is hardly noticed.

The documents of my identity are in the hands of a stranger.
I don't have the wings of an angel, or a bird,
but my wings have been clipped.
I've been forced to stay where I am.
Realizing I can go nowhere-
My mind has stopped wandering all over the world.
The stranger doesn't have access to my bank account.
I'm thinking what color should I paint the inside
of the front door? And should I buy curtains?
I really need a new and comfortable chair.
In the meantime, I'll be attending to the grueling, form filled
matter of replacing all those documents of identity
in our human civilization.
Oh! There are birds singing at my window!
I must respond with a whistling song.