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- Legend:
- o = short syllable.
- _ = long or stressed syllable.
- | = break between feet.
- / = caesura.
- _ o o| _/ o o| _ _| _/ o o| _ o o| _ _
- Tell, muse, us of the legend, and do not forget a detail,
- _ o o| _ o| _ o/ o|_ o o|_ o o| _ _
- starting with Harry Potter, who angsted alone in his room,
- _ o o| _ _|_ / o o| _ _| _ o o| _ o
- hellish was Durzkaban, where he suffered unjustly,
- _ o o| _ o o|_ o/ o| _ _| _ o o| _ _
- left there by a sinister and evil plot of the old fool
- _ o o| _ o o | _ o/ o| _ o o| _ o o| _ _
- Dumb-as-a-door, who'd unveiled the prophecy dooming our hero,
- _ o o| _ o o| _ o/ o| _ _| _ o o| _ o
- struggling forever against he who slew his family, known as
- _ o o| _ _| _/ _| _ o o| _ o o| _ _
- Moldyshorts, the dark lord, and his Inner Circle of cronies,
- _ o o| _ _| _ o/ o| _ _| _ o o| _ _
- Blood purists, yet still fodder for wanton cruelty of their lord.
- _ o o| _ _| _ o/ o| _ _| _ o o| _o
- Lily's son slept, surrounded by his books, thrown astray, chaos,
- _ o o| _ _| _/ o o| _ _ | _ o o| _ _
- dreaming of last year, when he saw Padfoot, loved dogfather
- _ o o| _ o o| _/ o o| _ o o| _ o o| _ o
- falling, the shadowed Veil taking cherished life for its own,
- _ o o| _ o o| _/ o o| _ o o| _ o o| _ o
- betrayal most grave, too, and by those he trusted in once,
- _ o o| _o o| _ o/ o| _ o o| _ o o | _ _
- amortentia and worse, a plan, so sly, making him their friend.
- _ o o| _/ o o| _ o o| _/ o o| _ o o| _ o
- Suddenly, sharp ticking woke him: owls had now come to here,
- _ o o| _ _| _/ o o| _ o o| _ o o| _ o
- with many letters; friends sent news, support and gifts, like cake.
- _ oo| _ o o| _/ o o| _ o o| _ o o| _ _
- Sirius, too, sent his will, which he'd prepared before his death,
- _ o o| _ o o| _ o/ o| _ _| _ o o| _ _
- saying to Harry he needed to get laid, no matter with who,
- _ o o| _ o o| _ / o o| _ o o| _ o o| _ o
- that he was heir to the Black title, riches and house, and more,
- _ o o| _ _|_ _| _ o o| _ o o| _ o o| _ _
- lastly that for everything he had done or not, he was sorry.
- _ o o| _ / o o| _ _| _/ o o| _ o o| _ o
- Drying his tears, he met Griphook at the bank, his goblin friend, then
- _ o o| _ o o| _ o/ o| _ o o | _ o o| _ _
- met with his manager to talk of business, finance, savings,
- _ o o| _ oo| _ o/ o| _ _| _ o o| _ _
- and all the galleons stolen, trust vault half emptied by that damn
- _ o o|_ o o|_ o/ o| _ o o| _ o o| _ _
- manipulative old jerk who dared call himself a Light Lord.
- _ o o| _ o o| _/ o o| _ o o| _ o o| _ o
- Harry was heir now to not only Black, but to Gryffindor, and to
- _ o o| _ o o| _ o/ o| _ o o| _ o o| _ o
- Slytherin, too, even Merlin, as greatest of wizards and witches.
- _ o o| _ o o|_ o/ o| _ o o| _ o o| _ _
- After this, Knocturne Alley was beckoning, inviting him in,
- _ o o| _ o o| _ o/ o| _ o o| _ o o| _ _
- "Second-hand Wands", as proclaimed a shop's sign, he bought, and a holster,
- _ o o| _ o o| _ o/ o| _ o o| _ o o| o o
- trunks, both as clothing and home, with endless depths, books of dark magic,
- _ o o| _ o o| _ o/ o| _ o o| _ o o| _ _
- as all know: dark is not evil, and Harry was grey; only power
- _ o o| _ / o o| _ o o| _/ o o|_ o o| _ o
- mattered, light or not. Shackles, he found, snug around his grand Core,
- _ _| _ o o| _ / o o|_ o o| _ o o| _ _
- removed with a thought, such amazeballs powers did He wield.
- _ o o| _ oo| _/ o o| _ o o| _ o o| _ o
- Only then Hadrian went home; now, he was finally indie.
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