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I have lakes but no water forests but no trees and cities but no buildings. What am I?
I am in the past, never in the future. I don't exist, but have existed. I saw what you saw, and this is what I will ever see. What am I?
I can be thin but not fat; in your body but never on your placemat. I'm always better when I'm fresh but you'll never see me in the flesh.
The more of me there is the less you see.
What insect does a blacksmith manufacture?
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.