CANTO 6
KING’S CROSS
“IN THE FALLING FOG”
‘Body 115′ reluctantly describes his arrival at this terminus…
NOTES:
“WHERE CHARON RESTS AGAINST HIS POLL AND THE WOEFUL FLEET STUTTERS UNDERGROUND…”
Charon /ˈkɛːrən / Greek Mythology, an old man who ferried the souls of the dead across the Styx and Acheron Rivers to Hades.
The Fleet / The largest of London’s subterranean rivers. It rises on Hampstead Heath and empties into the Thames below Blackfriars.
BODY 115 