Why are there so many stories of Avon?
Vila and Blake have theirs, too.
Travis and Servalan; Cally and Jenna;
Soolin and Dayna, Gan too.
What of the curly-haired, brash, handsome pilot -
The one who came after Star One?
What of Del Tarrant?
Does no one remember?
Does anyone write about him?
Who said that heroes must only wear leather,
That covers them from head to foot?
I prefer heroes who dress "for the weather",
Who can stand up without standing out.
Why must all heroes be older and wiser?
The young have a wisdom their own.
I don't understand this;
What is the criterum
To separate heroes from men?
All his fans standing behind him
Know that Tarrant is our only hero!
Have you considered this? Have you stopped to wonder
Why writers who write him are few?
Perhaps because readers are being too silent
On what they want to read about - and who.
Now, I'm not saying that Tarrant is perfect;
He's made his mistakes, by and large.
But so have the others,
And if I had my 'druthers,
Del Tarrant's the hero I'd choose!