Love is like waiting for a taxi

Love is like waiting for a taxi.

It is not that there are no taxis passing by,

It is just that you can't seem

to find one that is vacant.

This could be what is most irritating;

When you think that if you go
to that street corner over there, you might find one.

But as soon as you walk away,

a vacant taxi comes and is taken by someone else.

Even if you stay put in one place and wait,

a vacant taxi doesn't come.

Even if you go around and search for one,

it doesn't come.

And If it doesn't come, it doesn't come.

No, sometimes that's not it,

Because there are really people

who seem to have less luck on getting a taxi.

Sometimes as soon as

you give up and start

to walk away,

suddenly a lot of taxis come.

The question is,

how long will you stand and wait for a taxi.

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an excerpt translation from Rachel Alfafara