Answer:
What is the thing which, once poured out, cannot be gathered again?
It's got twists and turns, but has no curves. Twist it to fix it, turn it to ruin it. What is it?
Glittering points that downward thrust. Sparkling spears that never rust.
Round like a dishpan and smaller than a bathtub. But the ocean can't fill it. What is it?
Gets rid of bad ones, short and tall. Tightens when used, one size fits all.
They are many and one, they wave and they drum, Used to cover a state, they go with you everywhere.