on long journeys
it was a starship
an aeroplane
submarine, helicopter
a place to depart upon
adventures borrowed
from libraries or bought
from bookshops
read aloud, occasionally
although the tethers
of battery life and cassettes
limited listening escapades
i wanted to drive forever
no one demanding
or expecting anything
and for a short while
seatbelted into
a rolling steel box
perhaps i was myself
or closer, at least
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the acceleration
of dad's car
was extraordinary
given
the weight of the worlds
that it carried
from the library