HARRY POTTER
by John T. Baker
It’s not only for kids in their teens
Or for youngsters who barely can totter
That the popular hero today
Is that likable lad, Harry Potter.

You may not be a wizard or witch,
But a Muggle  so old that you dodder,
You may sneer that it’s just make-believe,
But you still have to love Harry Potter.

For in Harry we all see ourselves
When we dreamed once of being Tom Sawyers,
Back before we grew up and became
Craven clerks, weary drones, petty lawyers.

Harry Potter reminds us once more
Of the vanished illusions of youth,
When this world was a wonderful realm
Filled with magic and goodness and truth.