the tiger or the tiger

which might the point
of the story
what
to gain
what
to lose
might be the tiger
anyway

with clawed results
whichever door
to
choose

depending on agendas that
are hidden
making modern beasts
out
of us all

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“The Lady of the Tiger,” a story by Frank R. Stockton, published first in 1882

photo by Gurpreet Singh on Unsplash