Taxi dreaming
In the taxi to the airport
I begin to dream of you -
of how you will greet me,
take me into your arms,
kiss my eyelids,
stroke my hair,
caress my breasts,
carry me to your bed
and of how -
but at this point I wake up
and, forgetting where I am,
let out a sort of moan
like a dying dove
which causes the driver,
an elderly Asian man
of distinguished appearance,
to ask kindly
if I am all right, Lady?
and when I say thank you,
just a touch of anticipation,
he offers to stop at the chemist's.
I begin to dream of you -
of how you will greet me,
take me into your arms,
kiss my eyelids,
stroke my hair,
caress my breasts,
carry me to your bed
and of how -
but at this point I wake up
and, forgetting where I am,
let out a sort of moan
like a dying dove
which causes the driver,
an elderly Asian man
of distinguished appearance,
to ask kindly
if I am all right, Lady?
and when I say thank you,
just a touch of anticipation,
he offers to stop at the chemist's.
Angela Kirby is taking a D.Phil in Education and Creative Writing at Sussex University. She is widely published and has won several prizes. Most recently she was BBC Wildlife Poet of the Year 2002.
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