Open any of the four doors
of a Morris 1100
and behold
vinyl
a bench seat reaching
to its opposite door
not vast
not plush
but an enclosable space
Teenage private space matters
The home toilet is yours
for the duration of evacuation
but so what
Your bedroom as a kid
especially if it is yours alone
counts
but it is an allocation
and much of the time in there
by definition
you are asleep
The inside of your first car
is a sacred space
Move in it
do things in it
be awake in it
just plain sit in it
under a tree
in a garage
on the street
knowing all the while
that your space
is on wheels
At your whim
you and your space
can be anywhere
You are lord
of its dominion
bw
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