Long Cabbie Poems

Colin is a cabby with a proper taxi cab
He drives for all the passengers an Uber didn’t grab
Which means he has a lot of time to kill most every day
And lots of evil folk to...

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..He didn’t return to the patriarchs,
he just e-mailed them a resignation,
they gave their regrets, but they understood,
fifteen years was tough in this occupation.
He bought a small place outside Rapid City,
out in the broad prairie, for...

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After finishing a seminar based on demand and supply,
I walked out to the street and hailed a taxi going by,
and as I sat down in the seat, the taxi driver said to me,
‘my, my, your...

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Cabbie with A Heart

This latest news about a selfless taxi driver…
The kindness out of his heart is a source for wonder ….
In the daily business of ferrying his charges for a fee…
He works long hours...

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The sertraline queen of New Orleans
Getting high on her brandy and coke.
Perched on a bar stool, surveying the scene,
While she lights up another smoke.

Tom Waits is playing on the radio 
“In the neighbourhood”, plodding and...

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Times had turned to worse after my dad left, and after their fight of many fights !
I hear him say to mama, "I am going to the store and he slam-mss the front door..
...and he...

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A rare good sou-L
            at Mote-L Six 
         who smel-Led different.
     ...

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Think you can control me? Control my words? 
They are oozing and bubbling already, and not your direction.
Control me?
I laugh. I scoff. I sing. I throw my bags in a taxi. I am gone.
But wait...

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American visit2
L A came and we went  and came,
Bought a car just off a cabbie,
Took off driving it around,
Wrong side the wheel  for driving, Laddie,

Went an saw old Mickey Mouse,
Go right, stay right,...

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Air Force One has crashed into Manhattan.
To get the president out, it takes a special man.
For success in this task, there is quite a bit of doubt.
Once I go in this place, I should not...

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Van Gogh refused my cigarette, ‘No thanks, I’ve got one ear’
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The zoo wanted some antelope but they were just two deer
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I offered the cabbie some chewing gum, he said do you think that’s fare
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Why did...

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T   Tips are adding up fast
A   And you can see the meter rolling hard
X   'Xasperating to watch your hard earn money being spent
I    It might be...

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In the cab, upon the seat,
I spot an iPhone 5.
I hand it to the cabbie
Just as he begins to drive.

In minutes, it begins to ring.
An agitated voice
Says, “Bring the phones to my hotel,”
Not giving any...

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The roads are jammed; the traffic crawls
And rain clouds fill the sky.
The cars are crammed and, on the walls,
Graffiti passes by.

The cabbie shrugs, “That’s how it goes”
As we head slowly home,
The morning’s hugs, you might...

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Life has a rythm, even in confusion
Listen to the beat, feel it's profusion
Boom dity boom clankity clunk
I close my eyes, I feel the funk

Street car screeching, footsteps on ground
Pop bottle dropping, glass breaking sound
Voices rise...

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Degree for him or ye
Here in Australia we educate,
People from the nearby states,
Sometimes passes do get through,
When cousin Irma scores for you,

They pay their way and get good marks,
Especially, if feeding the smarter sharks,
Our cabbie,...

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