the dangling key rings

men,

for years, not all men,

but a lot

of men,

had key rings that they

wore

around their

belt loop.

a dangling set

of keys,

a few pounds of them.

a key

to every lock,

to every door, to each

shed,

and car

they owned.

it was a statement

of some sort.

a fist full of keys

on an extension chain.

it was before fobs,

and

skinny jeans.

before men got manicures.

way before that.