In and out of taxis
by Henrietta Bollinger
Who was helping you?
Was she your mother / carer / sister / aunt?/ Was he your father?
It is nice you live with your parents / amazing you live alone
You are a smart / brave / good girl
My sister / brother lives here but not / but also / our parents.
I came to study business / commerce / have a better life.
I go / won’t go back/ I go back sometimes / hope I go back.
Does your father like daughters?
I have sons. The bread is always gone. If I had daughters they would share with their mother.
Your wheelchair is so heavy / different / interesting.
You had an accident? / Were born like this?
I’m sorry.
You are a smart / brave / good girl.
Why do you have this wheelchair?
I take other wheelchairs. Other wheelchairs are easier for you.
I was an engineer / studied psychology but here no, I drive taxis.
You saw the rugby / the cricket / the election?
At university in Korea I studied German too.
Born ’n’ bred. They had cabs here in 1840. Horses.
You are lucky to live here.
This country is going to hell in a hand-basket.
People think talkback radio hosts are their friends.
You are a smart / brave / good girl
This is a Punjabi song. He sings he loves her more than the moon.
Do you have a boyfriend yet? Sometime you will find him.
You remembered! Nobody knows how to say my name, my friend.
Jesus / Stem cell research will change your life. They can already print you a liver!
You are a smart / brave / good girl.
That’s $29.90.