The River Styx
Never Knew my Name
My bones
fluster inside Byronic Nebula
which pressures
diamonds into coal and coal into dust.
My flesh
becomes salted with Chiron
who never knew
my true name,
Even as he
carried me across Styx
where the flow
was overwrought with tears
of beggars for
life, witnessing Hermes trodden
winged Bye-lids
of whispering departures.
The coins
settle to soil and soil settles
to ruination of
Calypso-idoled desire.
Adam Levon Brown
Adam Levon Brown is a published author, poet, amateur
photographer, and cat lover. He has had poetry published around 150 times in 11
countries. He has been published in venues such as Burningword Literary
Journal, Harbinger Asylum, The Stray Branch, Poetry Pacific, and Yellow Chair
Review.
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