Horologium
by Tim Jones
Clock, clock
Tick tock
In the southern sky
Counting down the lonely years
All are born to die
Clock, clock
Tick tock
Entropy remains
As your stars drift out of reach
Leaving only names
Copyright © 2003, Tim Jones
Horologium, the Clock
by Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille.
Tim Jones lives in Wellington, New Zealand. He divides his time between writing, being a husband and father, and content management work. His short fiction and poetry has appeared in magazines and anthologies in New Zealand, the UK, the USA, Australia, and Canada. His first collection of fiction, Extreme Weather Events, was published in 2001, and poetry collection Boat People followed in 2002. To find out more, please visit his website.