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Something I didn't know
until very recently, this

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is an oddity, I guess,
of European sundials,

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is that many of them have
inscriptions, always in Latin,

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and always having something
to do with the speed of life,

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and light.

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This poem is entirely
composed of translations

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of such inscriptions, none
of the words are mine.

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I mean, the translations are.

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"Mox Nox" is the
title, M-O-X N-O-X,

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and it means "soon,
night," "soon, the night."

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"Mox Nox."

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"Hasten slowly,
the sundial said.

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Day and die are cast together.

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Covering, I discover,
said the dial.

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All things are dream.

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They fly as you stand still.

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You may know hours, but
you do not know the hour.

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Just as light is shed,
the last is hidden.

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Shade warns shade,
the sundial said."

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