Two coins for the ferryman,
And your passage is paid.
To that dark nether land,
Where you will be laid.
Two coins for the ferryman,
Just dropp them in his palm.
On his ferry he stands,
So pale, bony and calm.
Two coins for Charon,
He must have recompense.
On the Styx rowing on,
For two copper cents.
2/6/11 Alton Texas
Juan Olivarez
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