May 26: For T

Three years ago, a group of friends amassed

To watch the final Potter film together.

That silliness felt jarring in contrast

To the fell fate befalling their bellwether.

There’s not really a satisfying answer

As to why that vivacious Hufflepuff

Should have to battle terminal brain cancer;

Because, perhaps, she’s made of sternest stuff.

For laughing wild amid severest woe

Was what she called on all of us to do,

Inspiring us to rhymes most apropos

And many lusty readings did ensue.

And though I never got t...