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What measures out time. Until in time all is smashed to it?
When does Christmas come before Thanksgiving?
What's black when you get it, red when you use it, and white when you're all through with it?
You use a knife to slice my head. And weep beside me when I am dead.
An open ended barrel, it is shaped like a hive. It is filled with the flesh, and the flesh is alive!
Iām grown from darkness but shine with a pale light. Very round I am and always a lady's delight.