A FreeVerse on Mrs Zabini. Disclaimer: I gain nothing but satisfaction and maybe a review or two, but I'm not banking on that since no-one's reviewed the others...
"the king is dead; long live the queen"
Seven husbands, one son, and a whole lot of homicide.
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|o n e|
offers diamonds&rubies&pearls
she blushes and smiles
- hides hazel eyes behind curls -
(that cascade down her back like ebony silk)
& h u s b a n dis none the wiser
so when he dies
(natural causes; forty-three)
she dons a widow's b l a c k
&& cries at the funeral thrice times five
- a memory of a steamingcup and glassy eyes -
trussed|locked|buried
in the depths of her mind
|two|
is a muggleborn who's fond of the races,
- yeah, he plays big to win big -
but in lessthanthree weeks
he's just another pawn in her game
&& when she marries him in -V-E-G-A-S-
he /forfeits/ his money and his life
Hair a-tangle; mascara makes tracks
&& she stares into a void
- h u s b a n d l e s s -
/again/
as an auror regrets to recite&confirm
(accidental death; twenty-nine)
how thehouseonthemoor became a mound of ash
|three|
whispers sweet nothings
&& she thinks maybe it's love
so she marries him in a pretty-little-ceremony
with a white dress & yellow flowers
&& bears him a beautiful son
the deed is done after barely sixmonths
(murder-suicide; thirty-two)
- mistress wanted more, it seems to the law -
&& her anguish is true
|it's for a fatherless son|
so she casts her net to trap number
|four|
&& he lasts until their two year anniversary
but she spies him
d i s c i p l i n i n g (heavy-handedly)
her beautiful son
so he goes the way of the others
(natural causes; twenty-eight)
|five|
a friend of the family
a dirty old man
(natural causes; sixty-four)
because she's bored and he's ugly
&& the money's already hers
|six|
barely speaks English
|&& that's probably why he lasts the longest|
(but what red-blooded woman doesn't want
a foreign lover to whisper exotic words of devotion?)
so she has him teach Blaise the language
(oh, yes, her son will be Merlin's gift to women, if she has any say!)
and when his usefulness has run dry
six suffers a 'cardiac arrest'
(natural causes; forty)
and she regrets, for once, her crime
when she sees the tears in Blaise's eyes
|seven|
is where it ends,
(suspicious circumstances; twenty-seven)
she's rich and well-acquainted
- her son's a bright&handsome scoop -
but she can tell the Auror doesn't trust her
so after the inquiry
she settles in Cheltenham Spa
and lives in the manner-she's-accustomed
her hobby as a m u r d e r e s s
put away high on the shelf.
End.
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