Eighteen

 a '63 Ford Fairlane 

With a straight six

You could stand next to the engine

Four door sedan, battleship grey

The color had worn off from the sun

The ceiling inside was a Costplus batik my sister had sewn

I put Blaupunkt speakers on a wooden board over the back seat

And covered them also with a thin batik

I bolted a Jensen cassette player to the floor

Under the drivers side of the front bench seat

$150 dollar music system

In a car my dad had bought for $25

Shelter from the Storm- Dylan

Old and In The Way

Allman Brothers

Leonard Cohen

And the Dead

I painted white racing stripes on the hood as a joke

Suspension was shot

Almost a low rider

But it sure took corners well

I painted a stencil of John Lennon screaming

From a photo on the back of Let It Be

On the drivers side door

Orton and I drove it to Oregon

Camping on the coast

Rainy and stoned

Then we got stuck on a beach