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I have a tongue, but do not talk. I follow close, but neither run nor walk. Coupled and hitched, but never married. You couldn't bear the load I've carried.
An open ended barrel, it is shaped like a hive. It is filled with the flesh, and the flesh is alive!
What is long and slim, works in light. Has but one eye, and an awful bite?
Has feathers but can't fly. Rests on legs but can't walk.
I have a neck but no head. I have a body but no arm. I have a bottom but no leg.
They are many and one, they wave and they drum, Used to cover a state, they go with you everywhere.