Tiger fades and rabbit reckons
Fade-in
Antennas for ears
Metallique
Cogs wheels and springs de luxe
Tail like a porcupines’ bristles
Machine
Twitchy little thing
Freezes and sniffs
With tinny nose
Stock-straight whiskers
Shining black diamon’eyes
Change is in the air
The wind snarls and shifts
Letting on to
Beware
Maybe the tiger isn’t going anywhere...
