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There was a girl half my age when I was 12, now I am 66, how old is she?
In your fire you hear me scream creaking and whining yet I am dead before you lay me in your hearth.
Born in the ocean and white as snow. When I fall back to water I disappear without a trace.
A large oasis in the desert. Come with cash and leave with none.
I can run but not walk. Wherever I go thought follows close behind.
What do you purposefully put lots of in and on your body, but run away from when you encounter it outside?