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SILVER OVER EYES

by Dee Allen.

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SILVER OVER EYES

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Silver over eyes

Modest payment

 

Left for hooded Charon

For the boat voayge across

The river Styx into that feared long black silence.

 

Two silver dollars

Laid upon closed

 

Lids of eyes.

This is your estimated worth.

 

A misspent existence and it yielded

Silver over eyes.

 

Cold round slivers. They're only tr...

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Friday 17th May 2024 3:04 pm

old European superstition   coins over eyes of the dead   Charon   the river Styx   afterlife

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