Riddle
I'm a riddle in nine syllables, An elephant, a ponderous house, A melon strolling on two tendrils O red fruit, Ivory, fine timber! The loaf's big with it's yeasty rising Money's new minted in this fat purse. I'm a means, a stage, a cow in calf. I've eaten a bag of green apples Boarded the train there's no getting off.
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Answer
Only women get this way Pregnancy (this is also a famous poem)
Why it works
The answer makes sense once you stop reading the setup in the most literal everyday way.
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