"Carol of Charon" is the seventh canto of Kit Ludlow's art-poetry epic, Orpheus. The poem follows "City of Time", "Lotus of the Outis", "Bedouin of Bedlam", "Sheol", "We of Dionysus" and "Carol for Charon". Years have passed since Orpheus journeyed into Hades to retrieve his wife. That adventure failed due to his cursed look back. After Bedlam, the famed poet wandered into Sheol, a forgotten underworld. He had no narrative; only lyrical verse to make...
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