types of home

though it's rather easy to recognize the fundamental elements which go into making a home a home it is also necessary to recognize that there are different types of living a variety of ways people appropriate their connection to home


let's  start with the homeless
a homeless person is disciplined by his own unfetteredness
he is tied to various exigencies that provide what minimal comfort he can derive from the world
he may not have the luxury of a roof over his head
he may resign himself to living in a state of relative stench and filth
home takes on a merely geographical component
he is where he is


some folks make lives work from shacks
with a water source and a stove perhaps a cot
a few pans they make life work
with minimal tools


then there is institutional living
the sharing of space with many others
in prisons
in military compounds
in religious houses
educational facilities dorms for instance


somehow the ideal is a private home
a place where space the demands and the joys
of life weave themselves out into the tapestry of
lives
shared under one roof fed and noted at one table


there are millions of people who essentially live by moving about by flying great distances and streaming in and out of hotels and restaurants and business haunts


what's it going to be


the planet
the map
the pinpoint
the general neighborhood
the piece of ground
the mailbox
the network of acquaintances


you decide for yourself


where is home








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