The Toothless Tiger Poem by RIC BASTASA
The Toothless Tiger
how i wish i were not a fool
but just the same, as always,
i am always fooled by you,
you are so naive and so vulnerable
and i could have fooled you the way
you fooled me, but i have surrendered
my wits, my wisdom, my street-mart
self, to the ways of your guile,
you woman of my chosen desire
this toothless tiger shall now bite
and here you are the thoughtless
queen telling a story to the claws
that once were....
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