A/N: Written for the Pairing Set Bootcamp, pairing 17. Draco/Pansy, for the Freeverse Frenzie Competition, poem 49.
A Longer Poetry Collection
18. In the Dust
She was a flabby little thing
who hero-worshipped him
And he was just a twig –
the cane that tapped the floor
But that
was before the war
Had crumbled their little world.
He thought he could keep her
to decorate the floor;
she thought she could have him
hold the mirror in the hall
And listen to sweet lies
in luxury's vast lap
while more beautiful, more worthless
whores warmed the little bed
But they were cast together
when the world left them behind:
knowing how he'd been one of them,
how she'd tried to turn him in –
the hero they all ran after
now…
But in the dust
they found something new
in each other.
She'd lost some weight;
he'd gained some
And they'd gained something more
as well.