"Li'l Miss Cellophane" (filk)

[linman6868 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 16014

"Li'l Miss Cellophane"
["Mister Cellophane" from CHICAGO]

Respectfully dedicated to Caius


[Enter Ginny Weasley, solo.]

GINNY
If some young witch at dinnertime
Stood up and swore in perfect rhyme
And waved her wand and threw a fit
You'd notice her

If someone in the midnight gloom 
Yelled, "FIRE in the common room!"
And even screamed a little bit
You'd notice her

And even without clucking like a hen
Everyone gets noticed now and then
Unless, of course, that personage should be
Invisible, inconsequential me...

Cellophane 
Li'l Miss Cellophane
Shoulda been my name
Ginny Cellophane
'Cos you can look right through me
Walk right by me
And never know I'm there!

Suppose you were a gang of boys
Who'd tease their sister for their joys
And use her for their greatest jokes
You'd notice her

Suppose you shared a Hogwarts House
With one who, quiet as a mouse,
Spoke up for you against the blokes--
You'd notice her

You'd think with all the catastrophic fare
We'd see more than a Weasley with red hair
Unless that red-haired Weasley next to you
Is unimpressive, undistinguished You-Know-Who...

[spoken](And no, I don't mean Voldemort!)

...Shoulda been my name
Ginny Cellophane
'Cos you can look right through me 
Walk right by me
And never know I'm there
I--tell--ya--
Cellophane
Li'l Miss Cellophane
Shoulda been my name
Ginny--Cellophane
'Cos you can look right through me
Walk right by me
And never know I'm there
Never even know I'm there...!


[Shakes her fist at JKR impatiently and walks offstage]



--Lisa