NO LION IS A LAMB

I know the lion is no lamb
although he's sleeping there like one

(his fangs hidden... as if he had none,
and his claws sheathed in a nappy sham)

But do not bother trying to tell me
one needn't keep one's every eye on
our so huggable friend the lion

--because he is such a lamb--

Although I'm sure I cannot tell
how I know this play so well
without catching its final act:

I know that to cross the lion intact
one uses farther & farther
and further tact (and tiptoes

very, very well... in fact).