in a flashback i remembered the repeated scenes
during the course of a normal day i kept encountering people who had rings of heavy black metal keys
big old fashioned skeleton type keys some with extra iron adornments
one ring shown to me had a big metal heart amidst the clanky keys
each person, a stranger i met by chance, made point to show me their ring of keys
quite similar but not exactly the same as mine
as they showed me they gave me a knowing expectant look
but the meaning was lost on me