The Sphinx (filk)

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No: HPFGUIDX 32095

Hopefully, there are still some Tom Lehrer fans out there



The Sphinx (from GoF, Chap. 31)

(To the tune of Tom Lehrer's Oedipus Rex)

Dedicated to Heather Moore

THE SCENE: The Triwizards Maze. Enter HARRY, who discovers THE SPHINX 
blocking his path.

HARRY
Very few of my fans are overjoyed
When JKR gets linked with Freud
Yet both make parricide a theme
We've seen two dads by sons get creamed

The search for symbols can sound trite
If done to prove some theory right:
But Jo must like those Vienna shrinks
`Cause in my pathway she placed a Sphinx

THE SPHINX
I once quizzed a guy named Oedipus Rex
He answered puzzles that were quite complex
And young Harry, in line you're next 
To hear my riddle

HARRY
I took down Riddle to conclude Book Two
And I think I can do the same if you
Start a Bilbo-Gollum *pas de deux* 
To ponder riddles 

(The Sphinx recites the verse riddle as given in Chapter 31)

HARRY
The first part is spies
Who tell only lies
In the middle is a "D," 
The "er" word-searchers cry

This thought springs from my bric-a-brac Id
Is the right response
..an arachnid?

THE SPHINX
Like King Oedipus, my favorite son,
Your business with me now is done,
If that's your final answer, hon, 
You've solved my riddle.

HARRY
She then stopped her pacing and she let me pass
A Fantastic Beast with some real class
And the next time I saw her it was quite a gas
`Cause she now makes everyone who is not in sync fast sink
For, she's doin' some great Sphinx hi-jinx
As she is now the host of Weakest Link
Don't dare blink, or she'll think that you stink!

   - CMC

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