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The more you look at me The less you see.
When I get closer my tail grows longer but when I go away my tail leads the way.
I have long legs crooked thighs little head and no eyes.
I am owned by every man though my length differs. Their wives uses me after getting married.
I am a daily ritual involving using a metal tool on the body
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.