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Soldiers line up spaced with pride. Two long rows lined side by side. One sole unit can decide, if the rows will unite or divide.
With sharp edged wit and pointed poise. It can settle disputes without making a noise.
You eat something you neither plant nor plow. It is the son of water, but if water touches it, it dies.
What goes up but never comes down?
Although my cow is dead, I still beat herΒ What a racket she makes.
I am the fountain from which no one can drink. For many I am considered a necessary link. Like gold to all I am sought for, but my continued death brings wealth for all to want more.