This is my first attempt at freeverse so please, please give me feedback. I'll dedicate my next oneshot to whoever does.


(ring-a-ring-a roses a pocket full of posies, atishoo atishoo we all fall down)

(they all fall down)

First it's Edgar (stodgy young man)

Blink and you'll miss it

Dead Ed, dead Ed

Next is Benjy

Pieces everywhere

Dead, dead Benjy

Then it's Dorcas (pretty little thing)

Red eyes. Green flash.

Dead, dead Dorcas

Then Caradoc

Goodbye Caradoc

Next is Marlene (tall and smart and wild)

Bang bang goes the wand

What a girl! They cried

And the twins Gid and Fab (at least they died together)

Then it's Lily and James. And Peter (but not really)

And suddenly we think it's (might be could be) over

It comes back and

Sirius goes (sometimes falling can feel like flying)

And then it's Vance

Dumbledore

Snape

Lupin and Tonks

And then

The war is

O

V

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R

(we all fell down)