TiGeR

Story ID:	345
Written by:	CP Campbell (bio, link, contact, other stories)
Story type:	Poem
Location:	DeKalb USA
Year:	1969
Person:	Chiba

TIGER

Tiger stripes
----and yellow eyes
To go with all
----the stripes imply

When she met you
----did she realize
What goes on behind
----the yellow eyes

When you wined & dined
----the girl
Did she not know
----of your string of pearls

The string of beads
----Your lifelong affection
Adding innumerable women
----To your strange collection

Who played with YOU
----and played you wrong?
Who took your heart
----and left with its song?

It is not too late
----You ought to know
To change your stripes
---Deal HER the last blow!

Pope Campbell
(c) 2006

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