Only a Tiger - Nursery Rhyme 48
Only a Tiger will approach a Tiger,
Lions never do
To give him pause and make him think,
“What will this Tiger do”
All other beasts he rests cocksure,
a meal they will become
But faced with one of his own kind
—to stay or then to run
(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2020)
‘For Kiley, Hunter, Braden & Parker’
Copyright © Kurt Philip Behm | Year Posted 2020
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