Waiting For a Man To Die

I cannot be other than what I am
Until the man who made me dies
Power and glory will fall to me finally
Only when he last closes his eyes.

A prince.

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Reordered Mistake

What reordered word is a mistake?

Errored, which is an anagram of reorder.

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Around the House Without Touching It

What goes around and in the house, but never touches the house?

The sun.

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Lucky Number Seven

How is 7 different from the rest of the numbers from 1-10?

7 (seven) is the only one with two syllables.

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Many Foods Make Me Strong

Many foods can make me strong but give me water and I won’t last long. What am I?

Fire.

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Say My Name

Say my name and I disappear. What am I?

Silence.

An alternate version is, “What is so fragile it breaks when you say its name?”

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Voiceless It Cries

Voiceless it cries, wingless flutters, toothless bites, mouth-less mutters. What is it?

The wind.

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Exist Between Two Things

It can only exist between any two things
and men know it well for the hardships it brings.

Distance.

By Sef Daystrom

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amid eerie niger won spawn

What phrase do these words sound like when rearranged?

amid eerie niger won spawn

“Won spawn amid niger eerie” sounds like, “Once upon a midnight dreary”, from The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe.

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Only Useful When Full

I am only useful when I’m full,
Yet I am always full of holes.

What am I?

A sieve, used for straining food like pasta.

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