I love what this suggests, Bill. Freedom and the symbols of that. Thanks. I
do relate.
On Tue, Jun 16, 2020, 2:42 PM Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 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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