Saturday, August 18, 2007

Beware the Ire of Molly...

Here is a silly poem about Bill's silly hair. Incidentally, I wonder if the shaggy hair and the fang were a bit of sly foreshadowing about his werewolf encounter...

Silly Hair

"Your hair is getting silly, dear,"
Said Molly to her son,
"And now that I have got you here...
Well, something must be done."

Bill snatched the scraggly strands away
And flashed a patient smile.
He said, "No thanks, Mum. Not today.
I'll keep it long a while."

"I like it," Ginny stoutly said.
"Your earring's wicked too."
"We'll get ours next," chimed George and Fred.
"We can now, thanks to you."

"Oh, no, you don't," chastised their mum.
"One problem at a time!
And, honestly, a fang? How come?"
Bill shrugged, "It's not a crime."

The rest of them seemed to agree,
So Molly held her tongue,
Recalling how it was to be
So frivolous and young.

But as the evening sky turned black
Around the Weasley lair,
She plotted a surprise attack
Upon his silly hair.

2 comments:

Beth said...

Whew...I'm glad you meant Molly's ire in this sweet, simple sense. When I first saw the title, I thought you were writing a poem about Molly's final scene, when she kills Bellatrix. I'm still stunned from that, you know. In fact, it may be the part of the story I'm having the hardest time recovering from!

Ah, but I do love the haircut moments in the Harry Potter stories, and this is a good one. And yes, I think you're quite right that Bill's "fang" was a bit of a nod to his werewolf leanings later. I think he always walked a bit on the wild side (which might account for his taste in veela...er...women!).

Erin said...

Eep! Sorry to have worried you! ;) I'm no great fan of that moment either - though Stephen King and a whole lot of other people have voiced great approval for it.

I do love the haircut stuff, though. Long hair seems even more prevalent in the wizarding world, but it amuses me to see that mothers are no more eager to embrace it...