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| 1 | Legend: | |
| 2 | o = short syllable. | |
| 3 | _ = long or stressed syllable. | |
| 4 | | = break between feet. | |
| 5 | / = caesura. | |
| 6 | ||
| 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. | |
| 23 | ||
| 24 | ||
| 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| _ _ | |
| 28 | dreaming of last year, when he saw Padfoot, loved dogfather | |
| 29 | _ o o| _ o o| _/ o o| _ o o| _ o o| _ o | |
| 30 | falling, the shadowed Veil taking cherished life for its own, | |
| 31 | _ o o| _ o o| _/ o o| _ o o| _ o o| _ o | |
| 32 | betrayal most grave, too, and by those he trusted in once, | |
| 33 | _ o o| _o o| _ o/ o| _ o o| _ o o | _ _ | |
| 34 | amortentia and worse, a plan, so sly, making him their friend. | |
| 35 | ||
| 36 | ||
| 37 | _ o o| _/ o o| _ o o| _/ o o| _ o o| _ o | |
| 38 | Suddenly, sharp ticking woke him: owls had now come to here, | |
| 39 | _ o o| _ _| _/ o o| _ o o| _ o o| _ o | |
| 40 | with many letters; friends sent news, support and gifts, like cake. | |
| 41 | _ oo| _ o o| _/ o o| _ o o| _ o o| _ _ | |
| 42 | Sirius, too, sent his will, which he'd prepared before his death, | |
| 43 | _ o o| _ o o| _ o/ o| _ _| _ o o| _ _ | |
| 44 | saying to Harry he needed to get laid, no matter with who, | |
| 45 | _ o o| _ o o| _ / o o| _ o o| _ o o| _ o | |
| 46 | that he was heir to the Black title, riches and house, and more, | |
| 47 | _ o o| _ _|_ _| _ o o| _ o o| _ o o| _ _ | |
| 48 | lastly that for everything he had done or not, he was sorry. | |
| 49 | ||
| 50 | ||
| 51 | _ o o| _ / o o| _ _| _/ o o| _ o o| _ o | |
| 52 | Drying his tears, he met Griphook at the bank, his goblin friend, then | |
| 53 | _ o o| _ o o| _ o/ o| _ o o | _ o o| _ _ | |
| 54 | met with his manager to talk of business, finance, savings, | |
| 55 | _ o o| _ oo| _ o/ o| _ _| _ o o| _ _ | |
| 56 | - | Slytherin, too, even Merlin, as greatest of wizards and witches. |
| 56 | + | |
| 57 | _ o o|_ o o|_ o/ o| _ o o| _ o o| _ _ | |
| 58 | manipulative old jerk who dared call himself a Light Lord. | |
| 59 | _ o o| _ o o| _/ o o| _ o o| _ o o| _ o | |
| 60 | Harry was heir now to not only Black, but to Gryffindor, and to | |
| 61 | _ o o| _ o o| _ o/ o| _ o o| _ o o| _ o | |
| 62 | Slytherin, too, even Merlin, the greatest of wizards and witches. | |
| 63 | ||
| 64 | ||
| 65 | _ o o| _ o o|_ o/ o| _ o o| _ o o| _ _ | |
| 66 | After this, Knocturne Alley was beckoning, inviting him in, | |
| 67 | _ o o| _ o o| _ o/ o| _ o o| _ o o| _ _ | |
| 68 | "Second-hand Wands", as proclaimed a shop's sign, he bought, and a holster, | |
| 69 | _ o o| _ o o| _ o/ o| _ o o| _ o o| o o | |
| 70 | trunks, both as clothing and home, with endless depths, books of dark magic, | |
| 71 | _ o o| _ o o| _ o/ o| _ o o| _ o o| _ _ | |
| 72 | as all know: dark is not evil, and Harry was grey; only power | |
| 73 | _ o o| _ / o o| _ o o| _/ o o|_ o o| _ o | |
| 74 | mattered, light or not. Shackles, he found, snug around his grand Core, | |
| 75 | _ _| _ o o| _ / o o|_ o o| _ o o| _ _ | |
| 76 | removed with a thought, such amazeballs powers did He wield. | |
| 77 | _ o o| _ oo| _/ o o| _ o o| _ o o| _ o | |
| 78 | Only then Hadrian went home; now, he was finally indie. |