Bio
Stephen Bone's work has been published in various journals in the U.K. and U.S. First collection 'In The Cinema' due Autumn 2014. (Playdead Press)
Stephen Bone
Borrowed Time
I am upright and precise;
hands full with Roman numerals,
a nursery rhyme moon waxing
and waning in my head.
My satinwood unblemished,
glowing as when lit by flickering gas;
voice still resonant as I greet
the hour, the half.
Each eighth day
my vigour weakening,
a pale drawn woman comes,
dusts the length of my longcase,
feeds me her borrowed time.