In puris naturalibus,

I ventured forth one day,

And chose to board a trolleybus,

That chanced to pass my way.


"My goodness sir, quo vadis?"

The driver did enquire,

“Is this a kind of madness,

Forgetting one’s attire?”


“Errare est humanum”,

He smiled as he did say,

“You’d better take a seat chum,

Before I pull away”.


“O tempora!, O mores!”

A woman did exclaim,

She bid me sit beside her,

Her cheeks were all aflame.


“Virginibus puerisque”

She breathed into my ear,

“Do you not think it risky?

And cold this time of year?”


“To venture coram populo

In nothing but a smile?

Will you come round to my place?

And tarry for a while?”


“Well why not? carpe diem!”

I turned to her to say,

“In flagrante delicto!

We’ll while the hours away!”


“If you are bona fide,

And compos mentis too,

I see no impedementa

To a dalliance with you”.


“Ars longa, vita brevis!

Wise men are wont to say,

I think this is your stop dear,

Let’s alight without delay”.


We ventured intra muros,

To have our wicked way.

O diem praeclarum!

Hooray, Hooray, Hooray!


Oli  (22/09/06)