Short Taxis Poems

I
A crescent moon,
The smile of Lewis Carroll’s Cheshire cat.

II
Yellow taxis caught in traffic
A row of sunflowers.

March 26, 2023
Fairview, Baguio City...

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Taxis used poop power in days of old
Street cleaners had to mop up the road
A stinky job oh yes
Really quite a mess
Hope they were paid by the stinky load...

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Taxis used to poop in the days of old
Street cleaners would have to mop up the road
A stinky job oh yes
Whatta a mess I guess
Hope they were paid by the stinky load...

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How I'll miss city life,
hail taxis day or night,
hazardously they drive,
hope I arrive alive,
hear all the traffic noise,
horns tooting full of scorn,
harsh looks are all around,
hang on your country bound.





2-18-17...

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Come sleep with me tonight 
It’s much too late to leave 
All the taxis have gone home 
The horses died so long ago 
Moreover the blanket was made for two 
And this pillow knows your name 
Besides I love the way 
Your perfect breasts look at breakfast...

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The wind chill is thirty-two degrees below zero in Chicago
Snow is being pushed around by plows that are burying cars
The wind off the lake is adding to our discomfort, but taxis are moving
Marshall Fields is open, and there are Christmas carolers
Gorgeous nativity scenes light up windows...

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two taxis pursue 
vying for my attention
eyelashes flutter
all I hear is metal screeching 
hurriedly I left the scene



*Some truth to this 
write apart from 
the eyelashes part,
this actually 
happened last week :) *

Missy Nikko's body part
of choice "eyelashes"

17/04/2011...

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Cats called Carl, eat 'Captain Crunch' for cereal.
Cats called Carl, have cunning plans to collect Crystals.
They take taxis to the park.
Then they come home to find their mom tearing through the pillows.
She was angry at them for making a big Macaroni-man.
The cute cats called Carl now had a cleanup job to do....

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Bonarda?Twenty eight ripples 
counted , flow? actually, 
rain drops spare spaces.
?Newcastle darkened by windows,
shut,? a longing for short rope.
?Growing window boxes fell?, 
by taxis and the lost echoes?
Part time clocks between dead towers?Tick, 
through the eroded scraggy day?
Arrows flew blistered stray crows...

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sweaty palms,
lead to a brisk handshake.
averted eyes.
awkwardness.
the epitome of adolesence.
young boys and girls pretending to be grown up.
masquerading in ties and lipstick.
leaving numbers on napkins,
half-smiles,
and shared taxis.
it starts with a handshake.
quick
brisk
sweaty.
false.
like everything to come....

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A child from the 'burbs on a Big Apple trip
Found it all more than slightly exciting - 
The buses, the taxis, the swings and the slides
All seemed magically more than inviting.

A glorious day on his grandparents' turf
For a long-overdue city taste
Gave this nana a glow and a grin ear to ear
That I hope will be echoed posthaste....

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here in this city
at dawn the dogs rule
they run wild through the empty avenues
chase app taxis
public service ambulances
loaded with victims
of panic syndrome
yesterday the rain caused flooding
and at night the sewer overflowed
displacing its residents
rats, men and cockroaches
when in the morning the sun came up fantastic
he looked proud to show the dried mud
garbage and debris
taking its rightful place...

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Purple flowers of my 
adolescence
   Gone now - gone forever
  Outside my window 
young girls play hopscotch
Taxis whizz by 
Young lovers embrace
   Getting lost in the humming metoroplis 
is a good way to eliminate angst
The biblical three score and ten years
is not that felxible
    Purple flowers of my adolescense
Gone now - gone foerver
   Still I see images of them at times
in the eyes of certain strangers...

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Taxis and bikes and more, in traffic they pause.
dusty passages heated by warm sun light.
On them, passengers stroll, no hurry they cause. 
(Well, at certain times causing hurry, they might.)
Kids, youth, elders stroll, when troubled minds yell hoarse.
tropical aroma run through, day and night.
Though noisy, hard and annoying to the brink,
Life here in city isn't bad as you think.


02/01/2019
*not for the contest...

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Storm clouds overhead,
Rain in the forecast.
Wind's picking up,
Loose leaves soar past.

The skies open up,
Here comes the rain.
Loose leaves flowing,
Down a storm drain.

Streets are awash,
Umbrellas are high.
Pedestrians run,
Trying to keep dry.

Taxis drive past,
Splash pedestrians.
Their pace picks up,
Like Equestrians.

The storm clouds pass,
The wind whispers by.
The sun comes out,
And the streets run dry....

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here in this city
at dawn the dogs rule
they run wild through the empty avenues
chase app taxis
public service ambulances
loaded with victims
of panic syndrome
yesterday the rain caused flooding
and at night the sewer overflowed
displacing its residents
rats, men and cockroaches
when in the morning the sun came up fantastic
he looked proud to show the dried mud
garbage and debris
taking its rightful place
and I think how good this is...

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Parisian nights magical made for hand in hand walking
Along the light sparkling Seine,
Across bridges running to old left bank enclaves
Magic nights soft city lights
Footsteps echo into alleys
Taxis purr catlike in misty morning dew
Who walks in these early hours just before dawn?
Bakers rolling croissants, freshly baking
Deliveries of flowers, papers, breads
All in sleepy just light …
You and I, hand in hand,  find our way home
Under flowering purple trees...

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En route to dinner in Toronto,
We were slightly shocked
To realize that our street
Was very slowly being blocked.

A film crew started setting up
As we sat down to eat
And that was when we noticed
New York taxis on the street!

I asked what they were filming.
"Suits," he answered in reply.
I've never seen the show
But when it's on next time, I'll try.

We ate our meal while gazing at
A phony New York mile.
Tomorrow, when we're back at home,
We'll think of it and smile....

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