I have what I think is a fun game.
I have started collecting keys. They’ve been coming into my life in droves. I find them on the street and in the pockets of jackets I don’t remember wearing.
I want more. I want to hang them from my ceiling with dental floss to create strange upside-down key forests. The wind will blow and they’ll make music.
I’ll be prepared to open any locked door I might encounter.
So I will make you a deal.
Send me a key to something. A stray you’ve had hanging about since you changed the locks or something old you found in your grandmother’s jewelry box or the key to the Camaro your ex-boyfriend totaled three summers ago.
(Tips: Tape the key to an index card and then fold paper around it. Cover the entire envelope with packing tape so it doesn’t rip open.)
When I get your key, I will take a photograph of it and post the photograph along with the story you send on this blog.
I will also send something back to you. I’m not sure what it will be, but I will wander around my apartment and I will put things into envelopes and I will put stamps on the envelopes and mail them to you.
This will be fun.
Beth Hommel
345 Eldert St. #310
Brooklyn, NY 11237
Yes, I just posted my address on the internet. When I was a kid, EVERYBODY’S address was in the telephone book.
Love,
Beth
