Bellatrix

By William Laferriere

Brilliant & lustrous

Hot blue, corporeal

Warrior to the end

Once the Amazon star

now fiend,

and succubus

Enamored of Voldemort

A true Death Eater

Inuit welcomed her

Aussie Wardaman sang her glories

She beckoned Spring

and of course

Renewal

Friends of Rigel and Betelgeuse

Residing on Orion’s enduring belt

Illuminating navigational clarity

Empowering all

to decipher

and chart a true bearing

Throughout this insidious & calamitous voyage