Munday on Monday: Lost keys

The panic comes — I realize my keys I have misplaced

So quite in vain (a couple times) my steps I have retraced.

They must be somewhere in the house, just someplace I’ve forgot;

I’ve looked beneath the cushions of the couch, but all for naught;

And double-checked the kitchen — bedroom — bathroom, thereabout

While turning thus the pockets of my pants all inside out.

In full despair, I step outside but see to my confusion:

They’re right there in the front-door lock, precisely where I’d used ’em.

Don Munday

This story was originally published May 25, 2014 at 10:58 PM with the headline "Munday on Monday: Lost keys."