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I can sizzle like bacon, I am made with an egg. I have plenty of backbone, but lack a good leg. I peel layers like onions, but still remain whole. I can be long, like a flagpole, yet fit in a hole.
It has no top or bottom, but it can hold flesh, bones, and blood all at the same time.
Bury deep, Pile on stones, My mind will always Dig up them bones
You use a knife to slice my head. And weep beside me when I am dead.
Ripped from my mother's womb. Beaten and burned, I become a blood thirsty killer.
How can you tell when a mummy has a cold?