Blathering Doggerel: May 2025

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This year, I set myself the foolish task of trying to write something every day, and what you see here is the result. None of this is finished, polished, or in any way good. It's usually a few lines at the end of the day when I'm tired, my head's broken, and this nonsense spills out of it onto the page. Feel free to comment away, and if you think anything has any potential then let me know and I might have a go at working on it further.

But hang on, where's the first month? You've ripped us off! I hear you say... Well, yes. I have been writing since the beginning of January, but it's taken me a while to get the blog up, so everything here is a month old.

Friday, 2 May 2025

A key

Blocker, unlocker, two-faced god

Deceptively simple iron rod

Enabler to all but only the owner

Maker of kings and dethroner

Skilled to create, unskilled to use

Built to admit and to refuse

Open the mind, the city, the door

Seal them tightly, just as sure

Always rare, often unique

Easy to hide, hard to seek

Sometimes plain, sometimes ornate

To enter a fortress or garden gate

What am I?