I like this Bob. One of your people poems. I wonder do you spend a lot of
time in Prague? It sounds a very interesting place with lots of characters
to inspire you. I like the poem it is just the last line that bothers me a
little. It is ok but maybe more of a punch line. I don't know, what do you
think. BW Sally J
>From: Bob Cooper <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: The Contract Chauffeur
>Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 12:42:18 +0000
>
>Here's one for some comments!
>The words between the *'s are intended to be read as in italics.
>And, by the way, I know the Proclaimers song is actually called "800
>Miles"!
>
>The Contract Chauffeur
>
>She knows all the bottlenecks, shortcuts
>in most of the districts in Prague, good discos,
>the cheapest places for petrol, where to glimpse
>what she was pleased to call *the smart arses*
>strolling to the gyms – but she’s still mystified
>that when she said that to two women,
>why they giggled on their journeys for days.
>
>But she’s cool. As she drives, to the air-vents hiss,
>for people who speak the English she’s learning,
>she croons in Czech over the CD she always plays,
>the Scots lilt of the Proclaimers’ song:
>*800 kilometres, 800 kilometres,* and she sings
>squeezing in the words, glancing in the mirror
>to see if they know what’s going on.
>
>Bob Cooper
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