Spare Key
A brass hotel key tag with an iron key on a short leather string

A spare key names a door you still know.

Hang the spare

A carved wooden street door in Yazd
A door that still answers a hand.
A large medieval iron door key
Keys older than the houses they opened.
Ancient house keys in a museum case
Spares kept long after the lock is gone.
A palace hall seen through a wooden gate in Seoul
Looking through a gate you no longer live behind.
No. Street Line Enamel Hung Owner Pressed by
new Hold the well. Release sets the enamel.

Edition Note

Hang the spare