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Nevermore!

Once upon a midnight dreary
Mourning loss of fair Lenore
Poe’s remorse reaches epic sorrow
Hopelessly, forevermore

At first when came the gentle tapping
Thought he a visitor at the door
When no one seen through thickened darkness
Terror seized him all the more

Then the sound became apparent
Twas at window and not the door
Close inspection revealed a raven
A bird is pecking and nothing more!

Relieved to find no demon lurking
Outside the window or behind the door
He greets his wet and winged visitor
Who promptly alights above his door

Then the mystery of the ages
Like none a man had seen before
As the raven croaks distinctly
That one word, haunting, “Nevermore!”

Startled anew by this revelation
Poe gives voice to sorrow bore
Each lamentation his heart releases
Is greeted promptly, “Nevermore!”

Discourse alters into madness
Anger fueled as never before
“That bird”, he reckons, “speaking slander
Hurling insults at beloved Lenore!”

Then finally when anger silenced
And hopelessness resides once more
Quits he the discourse, bruised and broken
Loneliness his life once more

Yet, I wonder, did he miss it?
Did he miss the hope in store?
Was the raven’s single statement
A message from his love Lenore?

Might it be she tried to tell him,
“Our love will live forevermore!
Our parting, darling, is for a moment.
Yet, someday soon…Nevermore!”

Had he seen this in the raven
Had he heard the birds implore
I’m sure he would have deeply treasured
The immortal croaking, “Nevermore!”