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The grass holds last night’s rain in a thousand knuckles. A cat of weather moves low—slow—shadow-stitched in gold, shoulder by shoulder unwinding the day. His whiskers read the wind like braille. Mud gives, then forgets. Across the blur—dark backs, horned brackets— wildebeest settle into a patient line, breath lifting in steam; the line holds. He passes as if the light were meat. Tickbirds stoop and swallow gnats. Stone keeps its silence. The rain has the only voice and it is quiet. Then the veld narrows to a thought: between thunder and grass, there is only a pause. He writes his pause across it— paw, paw, paw—inked in water. By the time the herd decides anything, the prints are already filling, and the law is just this: a soft place remembers, and then it closes.
Lyrics
Grass grips last night rain a thousand cold beads a weather cat moves low gold on his seam whiskers read the wind like braille on a page mud gives under paw then forgets the weight Dark backs blur in line horns mark brackets steam lifts with each breath the line holds fast the ground holds rain then closes again He passes through light like meat on the bone tickbirds dip and swoop swallow small gnats stone keeps its quiet clouds keep their shade only the rain speaks soft, near the edge The veld narrows thin tight as a thought between thunder and grass just one small pause the ground holds rain then closes again Paw after paw inked into water the ground holds rain then closes again the ground holds rain then closes again
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