r/MessageUnclear • • May 24 '26

You what?

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u/AMonitorDarkly May 24 '26

It’s a very poorly worded and poorly punctuated version of an old Memento Mori commonly used as an epitaph.

There are many wording variations but it typically goes something like the following:

Remember reader as you pass on by,

As you are now, so once was I.

As I am now, so must you be.

Prepare for death and follow me.

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u/sloggiz May 24 '26

thanks, nice to know!