Lax Post Card

Furthermore Press 1983

tiger (Lax)

drawing by Robert Lax, 1983 Furthermore Press

Tiger

A tiger

is like a

butterfly,

thought

the

tiger,

here today,

gone tomorrow

He is like a

bird - a hawk,

forever 

vigilant

He is even

a little

like an

elephant,

Ponderous

& basically

gentle

Not too

gentle,

said a 

younger

tiger

I only meant it

as a metaphor,

said the old one,

A tiger is like

a number of

things