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I am a fire's best friend. When fat, my body fills with wind. When pushed to thin, through my nose I blow. Then you can watch the embers glow.
I am black when I am clean and white when I am dirty?
Soft and fragile is my skin, I get my growth in mud. Iām dangerous as much as pretty, for if not careful, I draw blood.
I'm not really more than holes tied to more holes. I'm strong as good steel, though not as stiff as a pole.
Don't do this in the shallow end.
They are many and one, they wave and they drum, Used to cover a state, they go with you everywhere.