Such stillness
This day a foggy gray
Trees silhouette the sky

Cats face east in prayer
Chanting rumbling mantras
To the gods of heat

They sleep at my feet
Dispensing energy
Stored in solar batteries

Content to dream
The pictures I see
In words on a page

We run in sunlit meadows
Near ancient castles
Until the last page

When I stir
And the cats
Renew their mantras

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