Ode on a Driverless Taxi

There is no personality to compare 

with the faux driver in the front seat 

of our imagination, free of Dateline-

based suspicion creeping in the mind. 

The ideal occupant behind the wheel,

an invisible chameleon fluent in 

bespoke approaches to bring peace of mind 

to each rider, proof of concept for

a cocoon to soothe claustrophiliacs, 

a reliable machine to port them 

to the next stop. Full stop.