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The body counting time pretends it doesn't notice slipping through its fingers.
means Units of time, each sixty minutes long, that divide the day into twenty-four measurable chunks.
from From Greek hora, season or time of day, through Latin hora and Old French ure — once a vaguer span before clocks made it rigid.
Egyptian splitThey divided day and night into twelve each.
Once flexibleAncient hours stretched and shrank with the seasons.
Word twinsHour and year share the same ancient root.