In the urban jungle I call my home,
where there is one recent tree to be seen,
I would like to hide my keys somewhere
in case I ever lose them.
Of course, there are no rocks to put out under dirt,
because there is a single patch of dirt, and I cannot trust it
to remain unmolested or any fake rock I put out
not to be stolen.

I’d be afraid to place the key directly under my own door
or above my jamb – but perhaps I could hide it near a neighbor’s door.
How would anyone know to associate it with my building?
Maybe that’s a cunning plan…
Or perhaps a block down, so long as I recall where I put it!
I would need a code book, like a poem I place
on a website that is rarely traversed.
But what would the code read?

Maybe something like:
The third house down that long trippy path.
That could do it!