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Poem: Taxi

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Simon Sweetman
May 30, 2019
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he’s in the back of the car, as usual, and i’m his taxi driver. my son asks me if the day he was born was the best day of my life.

and i say“yes. of course”. 

“what about when you and mum got married?”, he quizzed.

“second. nearly as good. can’t have one without the  other”.

he nods. and i didn’t go on  to tell him that the third best day of my life was whe…

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