Strange thing it what a shame it is That friendships puzzles grow That friendships waver, go amiss That friendships chasms grow The seismics of companionship As, tectonic, we churn apart Me, in climes, where snow doth drip You, luxuriant, in summer's heart The tiger, you, outpace my cat As nature owns the plan, I in laziness stretched, sat You busy historian But tectonics bring the rift Full circle once again Back the tiger and cub cat drift Hearts never cleft in twain
I traced the darkling dens of life To tiger's terse dismay And felt so little of her strife At first when I danced through the dying of my days Hedonism pleased me so I put it first for sure I thought men with silly games Were what my Love was for But tiger suffice to inspire rebellion Take arms 'gainst tyrant men in war Love her to the power of a million As cub cat flees the door And nature owns the plan As she and tiger on the tor Put an end to silly man As, illustrious, they roar