What kind of fox is he?
Royalty we believed.
But related to which house?
Tudor or Hapsburg or maybe Greensleeved?
We had no idea, but he had an air about him.
He wore his clothing as if he was quite the gem.
He’s a steampunk fox! My teenage son yelled with delight.
Crazy that he knew it the second the fox came into sight.
I have researched Steampunk, and he is not wrong.
This forward-thinking fox belts out a magnificent song.
We are all waiting for him to do marvelous things.
He whistles and dances, but especially sings.
Hapsburg bailiff Gessler’s hollow kow-tow;
was a farce William Tell would disavow.
A hat on a pole! I'll never bow.
Such disregard tagged him, non-compliant
in a poem told by William Bryant -
William Tell was the one most defiant.
His snub of the snob gave reason to dread
Tell must shoot an apple from his son’s head.
"Now off to prison!" Boss Gessler then said.
Mountain man in prison swallowed his doubt
dreaming of freedom's well-followed route.
Swiss subjection he would soon hollow out.
January 15, 2021
inspired by William Cullen Bryant's poem, William Tell,
Legendary hero of Swiss independence.
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