Anywhere but Here and this Moment

Poem from a writing prompt exercise. So this is a hypothetical, thankfully. Revision of a 2012 poem as well.

Photo by Casey Horner on Unsplash

An abandoned rusted car in the summer heat
with no boyfriends–who I met with after high school 
to make out with just to stop ourselves from going home 
because their parents never quite accepted them like mine's–
to keep me company even under the moon's guiding illuminations
on July nights bedazzled with fireworks and l…