
By General Douglas Hamilton - Records of Sport in Southern India, by General Douglas Hamilton, 1892., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3250376
Locked in, they both are
The mongoose and the cobra
Still before the strike
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Comments (2)
That stillness before the strike carries so much tension.
Nice build up of tension. Confession, I was sure there was a double entendre I was missing. But when I googled it nothing blush worthy came up. Hope I'm not revealing my naivety.