Voices Rule the Night

Lean your neck into the Styx,

and you might hear a secret

meant only for ears long past

their immaterialization date.

You might see the riverbed

if you brought enough spare change.

The body is a cage

and these waters hide among

the standard issue keys

and padlocks handed out

to the recently deceased.

They will not put you at ease,

but they might pull you under.