Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Generic Taxi Driver

The amplitude of his suffocating thickness
The unbearable drama of crude dense-ness
Pigheaded brat
Roadhogging rat
First he cuts right in front of me
Screeched to a halt right ahead of me
Then proceeds to show me his middle finger
My attempt to move to the right lane
Provokes his insanity to do the same
Who else but the generic taxi driver

10 comments:

The Author said...

Next time, drive close and bite off the offending generic middle finger of the rat-brat.

posekyere said...

Hehehehe.
This is not the kind to get too close to. Most of them carry guns and will not hesitate to shoot.
I have learnt that sometimes it is better to put tail betwwen legs and run for dear life.
No?
June 17, 2010 4:02 AM

The Author said...

Oh, yes, I forgot about the guns. Yes, by all means, run for your dear life. He who 'fights' and runs away ...

Esi Cleland Yankson said...

Oh but if he do you a, do him so eh? I promise. Man no go vex.

posekyere said...

It takes a healthy dose of cowardice to live to see another day sometimes.
That is my theory of survival.

posekyere said...

Yes Ms. Cleland! Certainly.
That is, if I survive at all.
The probability of escape in such situations is closely linked to the number of "I-am-sorry"s one utters to the offending hoodlum.

The pale observer said...

I think you described accurately the majority of the taxi drivers in Ghana!! Though I've met a few calm ones...

Thanks for the lovely comment over at Holli's Ramblings by the way!

posekyere said...

You are so welcome, Holli.
As for the taxi drivers, aint they the same across Africa?

Clarisse Teagen said...

O god YES! I do hate taxi drivers too ESPECIALLY when they take me and half way through Tell me that they don't know how to get there, Cibais!!! horrible people.

posekyere said...

Yes Clarisse Teagen.
I really know what you mean.
Crooks, I say!