Answer:
It comes only before, it comes only after. Rises only in darkness, but rises only in light. It is always the same, but is yet always different.
I'm a small ring shaped fried cake, often with bavarian cream or fruit filling, and sometimes covered in icing and sprinkles.
A cloud was my mother, the wind is my father, my son is the cool stream, and my daughter is the fruit of the land. A rainbow is my bed, the earth my final resting place, and I'm the torment of man.
Tear one off and scratch my head, what once was red is black instead!
Other terms for this handy device include doohicky, doo-dad, and whatchyamacallit.
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