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I walked and walked and at last I got it. I didn't want it. So I stopped and looked for it. When I found it, I threw it away.
I am the fountain from which no one can drink. For many I am considered a necessary link. Like gold to all I am sought for, but my continued death brings wealth for all to want more.
To unravel me you need a simple key, no key that was made by locksmith's hand. But a key that only I will understand.
People are hired to get rid of me. I'm often hiding under your bed. In time I'll always return you see. Bite me and you're surely dead.
When I'm born I fly. When I'm alive I lay. When I'm dead I run.
What do angels sing in the shower?