Answer:
What asks but never answers?
I have a head and a tail but no body. What am I?
One simple click, one simple flash. A piece of memory, for years I'll last. What am I?
In buckles or lace, I help set the pace. The farther you go, the thinner I grow. What am I?
As a stone inside a tree, I’ll help your words outlive thee. But if you push me as I stand, the more I move the less I am.
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.