New Delhi - Madness

New Delhi at 3 A.M.

Just arrived by KLM

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 fair

Dawn was breaking in the East

Causing this hot night to cease

Mosquito buzzing in my ears

Grating sound of clashing gears

Burning rubber through 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 Derangdera

Silently passed by our car

A vulture circled high above in the air

I had to shade my eyes to to cover the glare

Sweating in the plastic seats

Hard to breath in the increasing heat?

Lying back my mind started

To drift into a in easy sleep

I dreamt I was in New Delhi

Dying slowly of La Grippe