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時間是最大的謎團，我們根本不知道它到底是什麼？
面對時間，我們從來就只有想象與感歎。
面對時間，我們從來就只有想象與感歎。
當我們說話，時間流逝，而我們感覺自己的曾經！
當我們保持沉默，時間便開始侵蝕我們的信仰，直到一切成空。
當我們歡笑，時間漠然而過。
當我們痛苦，時間毫無憐憫。
時間漸行漸遠卻從未消失。
時間躲在雙眼之內逐一計算我們接收到的光子。
時間是寒冷的冬天裡咖啡要趁熱喝。
時間是排隊買票，輪到你就剛好賣光。
時間是新手媽媽有些產後憂鬱。
時間是條河流，把我們帶向宇宙大海。
時間是成年人的悔不當初。
時間是約會。
時間是隱藏版的我的剛才。
時間不是愛情，它會讓一切褪色。
時間不是哲學，它不留下影子。
時間不是偉大，它無形無相。
時間不是東西，它很無賴。
時間不是活著，它雕刻死亡。
時間不是坦然，它赤裸到人們不敢直視。
時間不是萬有，它在又不在。
時間是暴政與怯懦者的哭泣。
時間是投票入匭然後就沒有了。
時間是法律的正義落跑。
時間是黃昏市場裡俗閣大碗的努力叫賣。
時間是闖紅燈趕著去報到。
時間是為什麼還要加班。
時間是年輕人不想生小孩。
時間不是1+1＝2。
時間不是你說了算。
時間不是雞湯。
時間不是他們胡扯瞎編一切都是最好的安排。
時間不是上網度過無聊的晚上。
時間不是舞台劇的背景。
時間不是乖乖請跟我來。
時間是不是真相的線索？
時間是不是個體心靈對創造者的單戀？
時間是不是空間的分身？
時間是不是一種無明崇拜？
時間是不是醒來發現今天沒有早晨？
時間是不是跳躍前進的虛線？
時間是不是我們明白？
時間是不是快樂的旅行？
時間是不是悲傷？
時間是不是小心有點危險？
時間是不是幸福被愛的小孩？
時間是不是悄悄發現？
時間是不是星空？
時間是不是永無止境的Φ？
——“俗閣大碗”，台語“便宜又大碗”，很划算的意思。Φ，黃金比率。
The Time's Φ Odyssey
Time is the greatest enigma, we know not its essence
Before time's gaze, we only imagine and lament
When we speak, time slips away, leaving echoes of our past
When we stay silent, time gnaws at our faith till nothing remains
When we laugh, time passes indifferently
When we grieve, time shows no mercy
Time marches onward yet never vanishes
Time hides in our eyes, counting photons one by one
Time is sipping coffee before it cools in winter
Time is the sold-out ticket when your turn arrives
Time is postpartum melancholy of a new mother
Time is the river carrying us to cosmic seas
Time is adults' "woulda-coulda-shoulda"
Time is a rendezvous
Time is the hidden version of my fleeting moments
Time isn't love—it fades all hues
Time isn't philosophy—it casts no shadow
Time isn't grandeur—it has no form
Time isn't an object—it's a rogue force
Time isn't life—it carves our demise
Time isn't candor—too naked to face
Time isn't omnipresent—existing yet absent
Time is tyranny and cowards' tears
Time is ballots cast into oblivion
Time is justice fleeing the courtroom
Time is vendors' loud haggling siok geh dduawarng at dusk markets
Time is rushing through red lights to clock in
Time is "why must I work overtime?"
Time is youth's reluctance to procreate
Time isn't 1+1=2
Time isn't your command
Time isn't chicken soup for the soul
Time isn't their bullshit "everything happens for the best"
Time isn't killing boredom online
Time isn't stage play backdrop
Time isn't "follow me obediently"
Is time truth's clue?
Is time souls' unrequited love for their Creator?
Is time space's alter ego?
Is time mindless devotion?
Is time waking to find no dawn?
Is time dashed lines leaping forward?
Is time our epiphany?
Is time joyful journey?
Is time sorrow?
Is time "caution: danger ahead"?
Is time cherished children bathed in love?
Is time stealthy discoveries?
Is time starry skies?
Is time the endless Φ?
— “siok geh dduawarng” (俗閣大碗) in stanza 4 means "cheap and generous" in Taiwanese.
Φ in the final stanza refers to the golden ratio in Greek.
