I do not own Spoon River Anthology or Harry Potter
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MRS. BLACK
(February 1930-January 1985)
When raised in proper wizard society,
The well-bred do not shout.
Anger must be masked, and spite must be cooled.
I held my opinions in, to keep my family's honor.
Yet society was on a downward slope.
The well-bred were being ignored.
Because I failed to make clear the right views,
My eldest son failed the family and went astray.
Even my youngest chose a more radical route,
Screaming for the old ways instead of exercising them.
When he and my husband died, I vowed
That my family and the old order
Would not go down without being heard.
I immortalized myself in print
And now all who enter my home
Shall hear the pain and wrath I feel
Knowing that the old ways are lost.