Although the comparison between a tiger and a mantis seems absurd, it is believed that there is much Chinese wisdom in this poetic contraption that you bring us today, dear Pryde. The mantis is the natural enemy of the cicada, which falls in love with its song for the tiger ... But what about that? The food chain makes a great leap between the tiger and the mantis, however, according to the approach of the title "The tiger evades the mantis" Why?
They are simply not natural enemies:

little things
maintain a distance

With only shaking the tail, the tiger gets rid of the grip of the mantis and does not maintain a close relationship with the cicada, although he likes how his "violin" sounds. Then, taken to the sayings of my land, the moral would result in something like "the eagle does not hunt flies". Quite simply, there should be no interest in creating wars, where they have no place.
Good allegorical poetic composition, friend Pryde! Well done!