Weight In My Belly
Weight in my belly;
trees on my back;
nails in my ribs;
feet I do lack.
A ship.
The Yolk of the Egg
Which is correct to say, “The yolk of the egg are white?” or “The yolk of the egg is white?”
Neither. Yolks are yellow.
The More There Is The Less You See
The more there is the less you see. What is it?

Darkness. There more darkness there is, the less you can see.
I’m Yours, But Used More By Others
I belong to you, but am used more by others.
What am I?
Your name. It could also be your phone number.
A City in the Twilight
Half-way up the hill, I see thee at last, lying beneath me with thy sounds and sights — A city in the twilight, dim and vast, with smoking roofs, soft bells, and gleaming lights.
The Past (Longfellow).
Throw It Out To Use
What do you throw out to use and take in when you’re done?
An anchor.
Four Legs and a Foot
What has four legs and a foot, but can’t walk
And a head but can’t talk?
A bed. The foot of the bed can’t walk and the head of the bed can’t talk. It’s probably a good thing that beds can’t walk and talk. Just think of where they’d go and what they’d say…
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?”