she had spent every
monday
morning
mourning
and
begging
for something intangible
a hellish catharsis
a divine apology
(as if God could be forgiven)
jessamine talked to an abstract deity
but the sky was empty
only the devils were here
they answered her pleas
(for a dime of innocence)
they offered her answers
they cursed her with the
knowledge:
sometimes
even beelzebub feels holy
simon (sweet mephistopheles)
taught her to play magic chess
the wrong way
while
the enemies wanted a golden victory
he accomplished rotten annihilation
by killing every piece
make it stop
please, simon
make it stop
make it stop
make it stop
one by one
until (one by one)
the adversary was forced to put down
their own monarch for mercy
it wasn't fair
simon hadn't cared
it wasn't fair
jessamine didn't care
as long as hell seemed holy
being among kind sinners
and cruel saints
didn't really matter
she stared at the chess board
the sicilian defense at display
and planed a terrible strategy
to ensure
golden annihilation
jessamine went to aqua vitae
and watched everything fall
into motion
i.
jessamine
picked her opponent(s)
lucius malfoy
(lucifer)
draven parkinson
(cain)
hermione granger
(mary magdalene)
ii.
jessamine
chose the location
aqua vitae
the place draven owned
the place hermione wasn't allowed in
the place lucius'd despite being seen with her
iii.
jessamine
faced the outcome
(rook)
the scarred parkinson
had sold his former associate (lucius)
lucifer
cain
judas
to the daily prophet
he was also a schemer with a mission
burn the witch
let her cry
let her rot
let her die
(king)
the scared malfoy
only wished her damnation
for a crime
(mud-blood, dirty blood)
she hadn't committed
he was expecting her help
while he cursed her behind her back
jessamine couldn't allow that
(bishop)
the sacred granger
had worked with her in the past
hadn't ever dared to wrong her
they were one
and the same
for those tyrannic prejudists
jessamine needed her
to testify and defend
lucius on trial
after all
she was a war heroine
the greatest witch of her age
lucius would hate her
for fooling him
for forcing him to be seen with her
for being seen with miss granger
but (if he wanted to remain free)
he needed hermione
(mud-blood)
granger's testimony
lucius malfoy
walked into aqua vitae
hermione granger
walked into the club
(and draven did
nothing to stop her)
jessamine moved a pawn
and the game began
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the devil's advocate
Poetry𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘭'𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘬𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 in which jessamine palmer is the only one who can defend a death-eater on...
