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E.M. Palitha Edirisooriya
Translated by samodH Porawagamage and Kasun Pathirage
May 21
Today’s first ride was to the courts. A husband’s taken a loan, fled abroad and the wife’s been served papers. She went with me there. I had to give my ID and pay her bail money too. Such are our priceless services. I only charged her the money for the ride.
NOTE: This poem is from මාවතේ ත්රීවිල් ජීවිතේ (Life on Three Wheels), a collection of poems exploring the subculture of Sri Lankan taxis, known as three-wheelers.