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#HashtagGames
#NonsenseASongOrPoem

There's a poem from olden times that was once popular because it was in pseudo Latin back in the day when Latin literacy was a requirement of higher education undergrad studies (1800s at least), and it's perfect for this hashtag. Trouble is, it's very long as well as arcane but I think folks should still read the thing especially you possum hunters out there.

Carmen Possum

The nox was lit by lux of Luna,
And 'twas a nox most opportuna
To catch a possum or a coona;

For nix was scattered o'er this mundus,
A shallow nix, et non profundus.
On sic a nox with canis unus
Two boys went out to hunt for coonus.

The corpus of this bonus canis
Was full as long as octo span is,
But brevior legs had canis never
Quam canis hic bonus et clever.

Some used to say, in stultum jocum,
Quod a field was too small locum
For sic a dog to make a turnus
Circum self from stem ad sternus....

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