the lost key

you lose a key.
it goes from pocket
to invisible
in a matter of seconds.
you spend much
of the morning
searching for it,
even looking in
places you haven't
been.
one key. slender
and brown. it fits
so easily into
the lock
for the front door.
how the gods
show their humor,
you can almost here
them muffling their
laughter, and saying,
with conspiratorial
grins, watch this.