New Delhi

Madness

 New Delhi at three A.M.
 Just arrived by K.L.M.
 Left the airport in the heat
 In the bus strange people meet
 Driving through the starless night
 Passing very unusual sights

 Left the bus at five to five
 Caught a taxi started to drive
 He thought I was a millionaire
 And accordingly put up the fare
 Dawn was breaking in the east
 Causing this hot night to cease

 Mosquitos buzzing in my ears
 Grating sound of clashing gears
 Burning rubber filled the air
 Taxi driver began to swear
 The heat was burning my head was turning
 It was then the car broke down
 Just on the outskirts of town

 A camel from the Dhrangadhra
 Silently passed by our car
 A vulture circled high above in the air
 I had to shade my eyes to cover the glare
 Sweating in the plastic seats
 Hard to breathe in the increasing heat

 Lying back my mind started to
 Drift into an uneasy sleep
 I dreamt I was in New Delhi
 Slowly dying of la grippe