Lost Keys - Problem Solved

Lost Keys Problem Solved. Comical Poem by Angela Lansbury. 

Where did I lose my keys?

Did I lose them, did they lose me?

Lost Property has lots of them

To prevent burglars, with no name

I bought a bag containing a key chain

It was fixed I was so glad

But when the bag fell apart

I felt very sad

I cut out the ribbon

Thought, I'll sew it on my new bag

I didn't need to sew it

Used a large safety pin I had

I kept my keys on the lanyard

Pinned inside every bag

Soon I had forgotten

Lost key troubles I once had

When I went out without a bag

I pinned keys to my pocket

Not sewn, just with a safety pin

Like plugs stuck in a socket

Now I always have my keys

Although my pocket's heavy

I never have to wait and hunt

Nor pay the new key levy

Once mother lost her house keys

Found after mother died

We found them in her straw holiday bag

When we looked inside

My son lost our front door keys

We added two more locks

They were under his friend's sofa

Their cleaning lady rocks 

I've made a list of places

Where keys like to hide

Inside a coat, or jacket

A suitcase, search each pocket

Like losing your train ticket

To prevent the loss, day and night

You simply must decide always

Which pocket, left or right

When I go to a conference

Or on a one hotel holiday

I keep the bedroom key on a lanyard

Round my neck. There it stays all day.

Some people lose keys often

It's a losing keys disease

It's no good asking dead mother

Or God, upon your knees

Just have a designated place

Inside a hollow book

In your jacket's right hand pocket

Or inside a cupboard on a hook

In a hotel beside the bed

Or the hook behind the door

Or on the door handle, or floor

I'm sure you can think of more

I've made a list of places

You can find lost keys

So when we go to your home or room

Find your keys quickly, please.

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Please share links to your favourite poems. I wrote this poem for my blog, comical poems hazel nutter.blogspot.com. For this travel blog I added the lines about holidays and bedroom keys I am copying this poem to my dress blog, dressofthedayangela.blogspot.com