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I fly through the air on small feathered wings, seeking out life and destroying all things.
Although I'm not an insect, some people found me very difficult to exterminate. They called me something like 'insane priest.' The first half of my name means the same as 'scrape,' & my last three letters are a metal. Who am I?
What is weightless but takes two people to hold it?
In your fire you hear me scream, creaking and whining, yet I am dead before you lay me in your hearth.
Tall in the morning, short at noon, gone at night. But I'll be back soon.
What is always coming but never arrives?