I come out of the earth, I am sold in the market. The one who buys me cuts my tail, takes off my suit of silk, and weeps beside me when I am dead. What am I?

I come out of the earth, I am sold in the market. The one who buys me cuts my tail, takes off my suit of silk, and weeps beside me when I am dead. What am I?

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Feb 20, 2026

It flows out of the soil, It burns you if it boils, And holds us in its coils, More valuable than gold, As black as it is old.

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