Affable Amigos Poem by John Sensele

A roaring tiger's bare teeth fire a warning shot
While the wagging tail of a fox lulls a victim
Into grounding his guard. A tiger's vote to plot
Peters out into a zero. A sly, wily fox and his team
Undermine trust, line up ammunition and unleash
A stock of havoc in a mock show of bravado
Concealed behind cowardice, lice and rotten fish
In a dish teeming with radish and skittish avocado
Pears which bear an uncanny resemblance
To the tiger's bid and deed to lord it over the landscape
On which relationships and friendships dance
Among men, women and eunuchs at the Cape
Of Good Hope where affable amigos denounce rape.