A Different Key

Oh
I cleared my desk on a
Friday evening
Put 10 good years in a cardboard box.
One old notebook, two coffee cups
And a key
I didn't
Need anymore.
Everybody said, "Keep in touch
Take care
Good luck
Then the elevator closed
And that was that
Monday came.
I woke at 7:00, reached for the shirt
I always wore.
Then I remembered