keys
These are but a single pair of keys which unlock a single set of doors in a single building in the Forbidden City. What have these keys seen? Oh, if they could speak, what shape the story? Are they original or replacement from the 1600s? Did an Emperor touch them? How many times were they turned to open the doors or turned again to close? Did they rust in their locks? Did children take them out to peer inside keyholes? Did lovers whisper through the holes? Did revolutionaries rip them from the doors? Did they see Mao, the Gang of Four, the new bureaucrats? How many of us common people notice them, touch them, give one a turn? How long will they remain where they are silently observing and holding two great doors closed?
posted by Suz @ 3:11 PM
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