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You can always see it, but it's too far away to touch. Mountains rest on it, and at sea it surrounds you. What is it?
What is eaten but not grown and was born in water but will disappear if soaked?
A time when they're green. A time when they're brown. But both of these times, cause me to frown. But just in between, for a very short while. They're perfect and yellow. And cause me to smile.
Twigs and spheres and poles and plates. Join and bind to reason make.
My thunder comes before the lightning. My lightning comes before the clouds. My rain dries all the land it touches.
The strangest creature you'll ever find: Two eyes in front and many many more behind.