the most social feline

"Tigers are lions' closest relatives.

Without their coats, lion and tiger bodies are so

similar that only experts can tell them apart. "

from the smithsonian

As we circle one another, sniffing out comments, watching the tics,

anticipating the breaks here. . . now here. . . we are a pride.

It must be that keeping these problems alive.

It must be that fueling all of this:

Our insulation, our survival, our dysfunction.

Even now, after turning on the young,

he will not be cast out.

We are not elephants.