Although I wasn’t overly excited setting it!
Every year I tend to find myself taking longer
‘n longer to get excited over what laughably is called the Month of May. Since
it’s only nine days total duration, providing Mother Nature doesn’t wish to Rain
on it’s Parade…
Yet apparently motor racing and the Indy 500
corses deeply thru my veins. Since this Tuesday, as I sat upon a bench at the
library, awaiting my taxi cab to pick me up, many thoughts ran thru my head.
After the Dispatcher had told me that it would
be awhile, little did I know I’d be setting A New Taxicab Record today! And
Arse-sumably wouldn’t have sat outside for so long! Since although supposedly
it was a whopping 59deg-F outside, the winds were Ah-Blowin’ steadily at 18mph
and gusting to 30mph, BURR-RRRR!
Sitting in the muted sunshine, I was happy to
hear the continuous sounds of songbirds cheerfully chirping away. As I think
one was a Junco, with it’s very distinctive sound. Whilst I kept telling the
Crow to Shut-up! And I’m not sure what the other few birds were?
Yet the Songbirds soundtrack was continuously
interrupted by the nonstop traffic whizzing by. Which stretching my imagination
sort of sounded like the voom-voom-voom of IndyCar’s streaking by on some ‘lil
‘Ol Oval at 16th and Georgetown…
Although when a Delivery truck rumbled by, or
the occasional PickemUp’ Truck with a really bad radio, Err No Mufflers
trundled by, the IndyCar “Audio-track” definitely disappeared! For which I
noticed that the Junco quit singing also.
So a half hour’s wait is nothing’ unusual, and
then it was 45mins. And I was wishing I’d left my extra long sleeve shirt on
this morning, since I was starting to get cold. And then 55mins came ‘n went.
Which is when I began musing to myself “It’s A New Track Record!”
As an Hour had passed me by, and I was getting
tired of sitting on the wooden bench. And you always know you’ve been waiting a
really long time when somebody comes out of the library and asks you if you
need Help? And is your ride coming? Which is just one of the “Perks” of being
Blind! And depending upon public transportation. Especially when two of it’s
remaining Cab drivers have just retired and quit!
Thus I began musing more about it being A New
Track, Err Taxicab record as I neared One Hour and ten minutes, before I heard
my Cabbie’s voice saying Taxi, Taxi, Taxi out loud. As little did I know that
there was a car blocking the entrance…
So I ski-dattled down the sidewalk towards my
cheerful Cabbie’s voice All the time thinking was I sitting in the wrong place?
Before He explained how somebody was taking Thar sweet time with their vehicle
parked at the entrance…
Before saying that’s not right. Waiting an Hour
for a two minute taxi ride! But since they’re the only “Game” in town, I didn’t
say nothin’, and just smiled the whole time. While thinking Uh actually, it was
70mins since I’d called, but who’s counting!
Thus naturally I was quite amused when tuning
into IndyCar Radio at High Noon to hear a very muted Mike King talking, with
Jake Queiry saying something about Bruno Junqueira having crashed or something?
Hmm, it must be raining at Indianapolis once again on Opening Day!
As why did this
make me think of The Who’s great song Rain Over Me? And can it really be over a
Half century old? As talk about feeling Old, eh? Speak up Sonny, Who?
