hell hath frozen over....im officially a new yorker

i immediately call my mom to apologize. i gave in. i gave up my roots. who am i now? literally just handed my identity over. my sense of self is gone. i am a massachusetts-er(?), massachusettsian (?)...fine, i give up, mass-hole, no longer. today, while standing at the dmv between a guy who i swear had tb and another guy who was making some shady cash deal where there were some choice words and large numbers were exchanged--i became a new yorker. the people at the dmv clearly did not know how serious this moment was. i was having palpitations. mostly because of the pressure of taking a decent picture after standing in line forever next to the tb guy, but also the loss of my identity. but mostly the photo. they asked me to sign for my official signature for my brand new ny license and i totally froze. all i needed to do was sign and stay in the lines. but my doctor signature has become such shit, i froze. for my new start in my forced new state i wanted a nice pretty signature like i used to have, like the one i tried to copy from my mom back in the day. i made an R then froze again. man just stared at me. I told him I was really trying to focus cause of my doctor signature, but when I restarted to sign, i went 100% out of the line. my one instruction. 5 year olds can do a better job than i did. i got shoo-ed off to sit amongst the masses and wait for my bingo number to be called. and then it happened. they took away my massachusetts id and put a staple right through my heart. and that was it. the end of an era. i miss you massachusetts. even you, worcester. i miss your rent. i miss your parking spots. i miss your accents. i miss your road rage. i miss your malls. i miss being able to afford your food. i miss you. mark my words, i will get my massachusetts license back. but until that day, im a new yorker.