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Forward Iβm heavy, but backwards Iβm not.
Feed me and I live, give me drink and I die.
During the 1800's these turned women into hourglasses and is becoming more popular again these days
I drift forever with the current down these long canals theyβve made, Tame, yet wild, I run elusive Multitasking to your aid. Before I came, the world was darker, colder, sometimes, rougher, true. But though I might make living easy, Iβm good at killing people too.
Long and slinky like a trout, never sings till it's guts come out.
You use it between your head and your toes, the more it works the thinner it grows.