Do this to get better. Use me to get further.

Smoke breather, man eater, Great cyclopic charging snake Expert tracker, deft switch-backer, Body hauler, leave no wake Color changer, green to red, Head is tail and tail is head

I was once fixed now set free. No one can ever again try to swing me. But in another world they would say oui, you are bound to be absolutely crazy.

I live in a flash yet can start a wide blaze, no mind or malice, purpose or ways. I shimmer, vanish, a wisp in the night, a fleeting whisper of energy, light. I dance on the anvil, flee from the steel; a tiny bright traveller, never brought to heel.

The first tells jokes, of which you might laugh, wonder, or rage The second can be taking paint from a wall, or clothes on a stage If you're lucky, you can still find me on a newspaper page