Everybody Does At The Same Time
What is it that everybody does at the same time?
Grow older.
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Walk On the Living
Walk on the living, they don’t even mumble,
Walk on the dead, they mutter and grumble.
What are they?
Leaves. They’re soft and silent when they’re alive but crunchy when dead.
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What’s Nowhere But Everywhere
What’s nowhere but everywhere except where something is?
Nothing. (From Gotham)
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What Goes Up And Down But Doesn’t Move?
What goes up and down but doesn’t move?
A staircase. They go up and down, but you’re the one moving.
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No Eyes But Once Could See
I do not have eyes but I once could see. I used to have thoughts but now I’m empty.
A skull.
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Inscribed On My Face
Marking mortal privation when what’s under me is in place.
An enduring summation, inscribed on my face.
What am I?
A tombstone (or gravestone, headstone, monument, you get the idea).
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What Surrounds The World
What surrounds the world, yet dwells within a thimble?
Space.
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