Wednesday, January 21, 2026

you need to sign and initial every page

i fill out the form
and send
it back to the county office
for the third time.
in three days i receive it again.
i need to initial
the last page,
and the one
before that.
out it goes with another
stamp
attached.
three days later
it comes back.
the date is wrong, i need
to put a new
date on
the first page, then sign
it again,
and initial where i've made
the change
in address.
plus there's a comma missing
after the word
penalty,
and you've
left out your middle initial
on the fourth page
after you wrote the word closing.
i look for a phone number.
i want to talk
to a human.
three hours later,
after being on hold, i'm
walking
to the post office
with the letter in hand.
a new envelope, new stamp.

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