Answer:
Poor people have it. Rich people need it. If you eat it you die. What is it?
The line a runner strives to reach
Each morning I appear to lie at your feet, all day I follow no matter how fast you run. Yet I nearly perish in the midday sun.
What is taken before you can get it?
Who plays when he works and works when he plays?
Dark, feathery, and popular in Baltimore and fantasy books.