This small plastic box,
attached with Velcro
to my windshield
is now another symbol
of white privilege.
The Thruway Authority
has eliminated 58 tollbooths
(and hundreds of jobs)
replaced them with cameras.
Folks without EZ-Passes
will be billed
somehow
and pay 30% more
to drive the Thruway.
Meaning
workers without
checking accounts or
credit cards
are cornered.
Already some are
receiving bills
that they can’t pay.
Who suffers?
Not me.
I have my plastic box.
Alma and Jorge
who come north
from Newburgh—
Alma to clean houses,
Jorge to paint them—
have no bank account,
no VISA card,
no papers.
All they want
is to go to work
and fly under the radar.
Tangled Magic 
This is all so unfair. Jobs lost and some folks paying even more to get to work. We have similar silliness here. Some Govt Departments will no longer accept cheques. A friend who only ever pays bills with cheques has decided when his Inland Revenue bill is due in February, that he is going to turn up at the Head Office with cash.
Who makes these crazy policies?
Keep well. Happy New Year.
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