Tiger’s first best meal is to take the hot guts
\nof a slaughtered pig stolen from a nearby village
\nand slash them to shreds, stirring them into the blood
\nof the hog, to make himself a vicious, fine soup
\nsuch as the Eldest Tigers eat when past middle-age,
\nwhen they smoke and discuss the madness of the present,
\nsipping ridiculously foul and pungent liquors. <\/p>\n
Monkey sits watching as his huge orange paws wrangle
\nthe chopsticks, and she smiles, unfraid to grin as he lets out
\nfrom a single talon finger a claw so long it could slay a man,
\nyet used only to skewer a precise bit of meat and pop it
\ninto his mouth; then she turns back to her own meal. <\/p>\n
– Gord Sellar, April 2004<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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