Rapunzel

If you were to walk one day

Through an ancient wood we'll say

And come into a clearing where

A tower stood lacking door and stair,

For this is what a prince once did

Though he jumped into a bush and hid

For entering the clearing came

A wicked magic wielding dame.

To the tower she sidled up

She cleared her throat and shouted up,

"Rapunzel, Rapunzel!" Came the call,

A river of gold came down the wall.

The gold belonged to a maiden fair,

It was in actual fact her hair.

The witch then used it as a rope,

The prince idly wondered how she'd cope.

He waited 'till she'd been and gone,

Then his golden moment shone,

He stood beneath the window pane

And called the lovely maiden's name.

The golden locks cascaded down,

He rolled his sleeves and donned his crown.

He hauled himself up to the top

Where through the window he did hop.

He stumbled and nearly fell back out

For this maiden was fair without a doubt.

With golden hair and sky blue eyes,

She was to him like sugar to flies.

A heartbeat later the two were in love,

A love more pure than the whitest dove

Though this of course was not to be

As you very soon shall see

For feeling something was amiss

The witch returned with a dreadful hiss

"Rapunzel, Rapunzel! Let down your hair!"

This startled and frightened the loving pair

"Oh golly! Whatever shall we do?

I've no ideas so how 'bout you?"

"If you let her climb your hair

I'll cut it with scissors that I bear."

So down the golden locks did fall,

The witch began to scale the wall

But nearly there her eyes went wide,

She tumbled down the tower side

And as they watched from up on high,

The prince and maiden gave a sigh

But their relief lived only short

As suddenly there came a thought

"Well this is very good and stuff,

But if we want to leave it's tough!"

Rapunzel said in deep despair,

Now without her rope-like hair.

But the prince did not have dampened hope

For from his pack he produced a rope.

The two then lived in perfect peace

They even went to live in Greece

Where they now own a barbers shop

It's called the Tower's Golden Chop.