I had a pleasurable cab ride the other day through DC. I say this with the full understanding of how rarely “pleasurable” is used to describe a cab ride. After all, a cab is a very utilitarian object in the lives of city dwellers; one which is rarely pondered or carefully considered. When requiring a cab, one does not shop around or compare, but rather indiscriminately hops into whichever cab first appears. The only parallel might be the blind man who enters a brothel; beyond that, the cab experience is a never considered non sequitur, as its utility outweighs all other considerations.
Leaving a meeting in downtown DC, I hailed a cab for the right back to my office on an otherwise schvitsy day. Upon getting in I inquired as to the driver’s well being, and gave him our destination’s coordinates. Then, as if in a surrealistic dream, he began to recite poetry; not pop poetry or even sentimental rhymes, but rather, poetry that came from and spoke to the heart. His recitation was even more dramatic than the situation as he channeled all of his energy into his Kojo Nnamdi like radio voice, while the cab seemed to pilot itself on the fumes of his poetry.
After the first poem I was blown away. After the second I began to drink it in. And in between the poems that came after I tried to find out what this man’s muse was, his inspiration, his motivation. The little he told me added up to this: he came from an abusive household, avoided drugs and street violence, and sixty years later, was expressing himself through poetry to unsuspecting passengers in the back of his poetry fueled taxi cab.
Each poem’s lines, filled with rhymes, coming together to fill the time. I was mesmerized by his poems, captivated by his delivery, and inspired by his belief in the power of a poem. For the life of me I cannot find the text of any of the poems he recited by the likes of jazz inspired Frank Marshall Davis, but here is a poem that captures the spirit of that pleasurable cab ride:
Life is Fine, by Langston Hughes
I went down to the river,
I set down on the bank.
I tried to think but couldn't,
So I jumped in and sank.
I came up once and hollered!
I came up twice and cried!
If that water hadn't a-been so cold
I might've sunk and died.
But it was Cold in that water! It was cold!
I took the elevator Sixteen floors above the ground.
I thought about my baby
And thought I would jump down.
I stood there and I hollered!
I stood there and I cried!
If it hadn't a-been so high
I might've jumped and died.
But it was High up there! It was high!
So since I'm still here livin',
I guess I will live on.
I could've died for love--
But for livin' I was born
Though you may hear me holler,
And you may see me cry--
I'll be dogged, sweet baby,
If you gonna see me die.
Life is fine! Fine as wine! Life is fine!
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