Commentary: I paid my fee at the DMV with $24 and a book of my poetry. Miracles do happen
by Jane Marla Robbins, Los Angeles Times
Oct 23, 2019
2 minutes
It's 2019. I'm at the DMV in Culver City, Calif. To renew my driver's license. Waiting. Lines around the block. I've reserved ahead so it's only an hour wait. I'm tired, so the photo they take of me has one tired eye and I don't get a second chance.
I finally get a number. I march to its window. The woman shuffles
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