I am a blade of no ill repute, I'll never slice you, upwards I shoot,
Tall and thin though I am, I'm no animal nor am I a man,
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Unblinking eyes always watching, always searching, never seeing,
Stoic man of straw guards the crops, never jumps and never hops,
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I am only a rock, a stone of no worth,
I come from below, from the Earth I was birthed,
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Always watching, never seeing,
Never living, always being,
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I'm different from all the rest,
Those out of my malefic reach must be blessed,
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