don't have to wish

hard for a taxi,

they're everywhere

i care nothing for cars

(exit white car

enter white car

no matter it's not

the same car-

it's happened to me thrice)

it is a happy thing

i can get on

here

                                          and get off

                                                                                                                      there

and in between live it up on the way home

radio raging with bass vibes or i-will-always-love-you-ms-parton ismael-lo-so-smooth or pitbull-guetta-ladymay chasing cars horns horns horning at us fingers fleety frozen homemade lollipops cold and icy for the drive hurriedly through windows whipped

but now i smile

at

with

to

for

the taxi driver

taking in bold black legs

in a secret sidelong glance

makes me catch my secret breath

wishing for a secret wish

made all the more secret for his

teeth that really are snow white

smiling asking, you have a husband

(i lisp a snow white lie)

crawl puff splatter charge zip

up hills round corners past death

homes houses children wait happily

or not we all head homeward

sticky fingers unlatch my door

enter tranquility

seasofme190113nevercometrue

our taxis are so laid back when they don't drive recklessly at break-neck speed