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1 | Legend: | |
2 | o = short syllable. | |
3 | _ = long or stressed syllable. | |
4 | | = break between feet. | |
5 | / = caesura. | |
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7 | _ o o| _/ o o| _ _| _/ o o| _ o o| _ _ | |
8 | Tell, muse, us of the legend, and do not forget a detail, | |
9 | _ o o| _ o| _ o/ o|_ o o|_ o o| _ _ | |
10 | starting with Harry Potter, who angsted alone in his room, | |
11 | _ o o| _ _|_ / o o| _ _| _ o o| _ o | |
12 | hellish was Durzkaban, where he suffered unjustly, | |
13 | _ o o| _ o o|_ o/ o| _ _| _ o o| _ _ | |
14 | left there by a sinister and evil plot of the old fool | |
15 | _ o o| _ o o | _ o/ o| _ o o| _ o o| _ _ | |
16 | Dumb-as-a-door, who'd unveiled the prophecy dooming our hero, | |
17 | _ o o| _ o o| _ o/ o| _ _| _ o o| _ o | |
18 | struggling forever against he who slew his family, known as | |
19 | _ o o| _ _| _/ _| _ o o| _ o o| _ _ | |
20 | Moldyshorts, the dark lord, and his Inner Circle of cronies, | |
21 | _ o o| _ _| _ o/ o| _ _| _ o o| _ _ | |
22 | Blood purists, yet still fodder for wanton cruelty of their lord. | |
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25 | _ o o| _ _| _ o/ o| _ _| _ o o| _o | |
26 | Lily's son slept, surrounded by his books, thrown astray, chaos, | |
27 | _ o o| _ o o | _/ o o| _ _| _ o o| _ _ | |
28 | day of his birth, with no feast, nor the love family shared; | |
29 | _ o o| _ _| _/ o o| _ _ | _ o o| _ _ | |
30 | dreaming of last year, when he saw Padfoot, loved dogfather | |
31 | _ o o| _ o o| _/ o o| _ o o| _ o o| _ o | |
32 | falling, the shadowed Veil taking cherished life for its own, | |
33 | _ o o| _ o o| _/ o o| _ o o| _ o o| _ o | |
34 | betrayal most grave, too, and by those he trusted in once, | |
35 | _ o o| _o o| _ o/ o| _ o o| _ o o | _ _ | |
36 | amortentia and worse, a plan, so sly, making him their friend. | |
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39 | _ o o| _/ o o| _ o o| _/ o o| _ o o| _ o | |
40 | Suddenly, sharp ticking woke him: owls had now come to here, | |
41 | _ o o| _ _| _/ o o| _ o o| _ o o| _ o | |
42 | with many letters; friends sent news, support and gifts, like cake. | |
43 | _ oo| _ o o| _/ o o| _ o o| _ o o| _ _ | |
44 | Sirius, too, sent his will, which he'd prepared before his death, | |
45 | _ o o| _ o o| _ o/ o| _ _| _ o o| _ _ | |
46 | saying to Harry he needed to get laid, no matter with who, | |
47 | _ o o| _ o o| _ / o o| _ o o| _ o o| _ o | |
48 | that he was heir to the Black title, riches and house, and more, | |
49 | _ o o| _ _|_ _| _ o o| _ o o| _ o o| _ _ | |
50 | lastly that for everything he had done or not, he was sorry. | |
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53 | _ o o| _ / o o| _ _| _/ o o| _ o o| _ o | |
54 | Drying his tears, he met Griphook at the bank, his goblin friend, then | |
55 | _ o o| _ o o| _ o/ o| _ o o | _ o o| _ _ | |
56 | met with his manager to talk of business, finance, savings, | |
57 | _ o o| _ oo| _ o/ o| _ _| _ o o| _ _ | |
58 | and all the galleons stolen, trust vault half emptied by that damn | |
59 | _ o o|_ o o|_ o/ o| _ o o| _ o o| _ _ | |
60 | manipulative old jerk who dared call himself a Light Lord. | |
61 | _ o o| _ o o| _/ o o| _ o o| _ o o| _ o | |
62 | Harry was heir now to not only Black, but to Gryffindor, and to | |
63 | _ o o| _ o o| _ o/ o| _ o o| _ o o| _ o | |
64 | Slytherin, too, even Merlin, the greatest of wizards and witches. | |
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67 | _ o o| _ o o|_ o/ o| _ o o| _ o o| _ _ | |
68 | After this, Knocturne Alley was beckoning, inviting him in, | |
69 | _ o o| _ o o| _ o/ o| _ o o| _ o o| _ _ | |
70 | "Second-hand Wands", as proclaimed a shop's sign, he bought, and a holster, | |
71 | _ o o| _ o o| _ o/ o| _ o o| _ o o| o o | |
72 | trunks, both as clothing and home, with endless depths, books of dark magic, | |
73 | _ o o| _ o o| _ o/ o| _ o o| _ o o| _ _ | |
74 | as all know: dark is not evil, and Harry was grey; only power | |
75 | _ o o| _ / o o| _ o o| _/ o o|_ o o| _ o | |
76 | mattered, light or not. Shackles, he found, snug around his grand Core, | |
77 | _ _| _ o o| _ / o o|_ o o| _ o o| _ _ | |
78 | removed with a thought, such amazeballs powers did He wield. | |
79 | _ o o| _ oo| _/ o o| _ o o| _ o o| _ o | |
80 | Only then Hadrian went home; now, he was finally indie. |