Jealousy

Gretchen kept two tigers tied
Left and Right they lived beside
her bed
She fed them every other day
Kept them hungry
And dismayed
Mondays she fed Left
While Right was made to watch
Tuesdays just the opposite
Miss Gretchen was debauched
They never, ever
ate together
Both controlled by Gretchen's tether
Gretchen seemed to feed upon
The tigers’ jealousy
Occasionally
She would rearrange the schedule
To feed her tigers bites of extra stress
The tension hung precariously
Until one day
Hilariously
Those tigers turned

And Gretchen was a mess