Answer:
What has three feet but no arms or legs?
Hold the tail, while I fish for you.
A reaction to being spooked that takes its name from waterfowl
I heard of a wonder, of words moth-eaten. That is a strange thing, I thought, weird. That a man's song be swallowed by a worm. His blinded sentences, his bedside stand-by rustled in the night - and the robber-guest. Not one wit the wiser. For the words he had mumbled.
I am two-faced but bear only one. I have no legs but travel widely. Men spill much blood over me. Kings leave their imprint on me. I have greatest power when given away, yet lust for me keeps me locked away.
Almost everyone needs it, asks for it, gives it. But almost nobody takes it.