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The Taxi Driver From Ilorin by todyms: 5:26pm On Mar 12, 2016 |
(Camera rolling, I walk up to the set, sit down in
the best posture I can think of, I think I am ready
but they have to do the usual “3.2.1-action!” cue
they give)
Lol, if you read that just pretend as if you did not,
it has nothing to do with the experience I am about to
share, it is not even a true sometin, it is only for
effect. But here goes the real story:
I have been seeing this not too rickety not too
cool vehicle around the area for quite sometime
now, I was really interested in hitching a ride in it
but as it was I kept missing the opportunity to. I
was driving a Professor to his house one
afternoon last week or thereabouts when I drove
past that same taxi again, my inquisition
hormones raced and I just wanted to stop the car
but I dared not. So I kept on wondering what
circumstance(s) could have led to the situation, I
mean this driver was different from all other taxi
drivers I ever seen although in some other parts
of the country it may not be that surprising. I just
kept wondering and pondering (Up Nepa! Let me
plug my phones – yes I have two phones because
one cannot depend on one network provider-
before electricity is shut down again. It has been
7 days, 12 hours, 55 minutes and 16 seconds
since we last say the bulb lit up in our area)
So, it all happened this morning, I never even
experrerit, it just so happened that I was running
late after having told my friend I will arrive very
early to the office today, I was in a hurry to get a
cab and just get to the office before I start
receiving all those “Hey! Where are you?!” calls.
The taxis parked were not my taste so I strolled a
little further to thumb down any Behind cab that
won’t waste my precious time. Well, I waited for
quite a long time but the taxi I was waiting for
did not show up so I gave up and decided to join
any cab going my way.
Just after I made that decision came The Taxi I
had been eyeing to ride for a number of weeks,
the driver called out my destination and kiakia I
thumbed it down. I had to share the sit with some
set of iron rods but still I did not mind. I fixed my
gaze on the driver and the person sitting in the
front seat. What a marvel it was for me but then I
had to compose and just observe. As we
journeyed on, there was never a time the driver
stopped talking with the other person, we were
three in the taxi but I did not utter a single word
out loud; I was talking to myself. At first I
thought of just asking how the whole thing
started but then I thought again to hold my
tongue, I did just that anyway. |
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