When I drive cab
I am the hunter.
My prey leaps out from where it
hid, beguiling me with gestures
When I drive cab
all may command me, yet I am in command of all who do
When I drive cab
I am guided by voices descending from the naked air....
Taxi Suite, Lew Welch (1926-1971)
(Pictured: The City from Greenwich Village, 1922 -- John Sloan, National Gallery of Art)
