Menacing Machines

Every winter morning when I start my car to warm it up in the freezing cold

I grab the brush and the scraper from the back seat

Close the door and clean it off

So I can see out the windows before they fully thaw

And I just know that with the keys inside and the doors all closed

This rotten machine is going to lock me out

Somehow

I just don't trust it

That's my way to work and how I get back inside

Sitting in the ignition

Behind closed doors

That could just lock on their own

Somehow

But they probably won't

I hope