A neat image of the car, Bill, but I think you could cut stanza 2 down to about 2-3 lines, mentioning the rooms tat don’t qutework but not needing th explanations…
Doug
> On Jun 17, 2020, at 9:35 AM, Sheila Murphy <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> :):):)
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> On Tue, Jun 16, 2020, 11:55 PM Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
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>> Implied, Patrick
>>
>> Bill
>>
>>> On 17 Jun 2020, at 4:17 pm, Patrick McManus <
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>>> ah you old teenager and what about early romance ?cheers P
>>>
>>> On 16/06/2020 22:41, Bill Wootton 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
>>>>
Douglas Barbour
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