PUNCTUALITY
Epitaph for Any New Yorker
I, who all my life had hurried,
Came to Peter's crowded gate;
And, as usual, was worried,
Fearing that I might be late
So, when I began to jostle
(I forgot that I was dead)
Patient smiled the old Apostle:
"Take your Eternity," he said.
—Christopher Morley.
See also Alarm clocks.