I catalog the moss on stone
Taxonomy in twilight hush
Felis catus claims his throne
Iron dust on velvet plush
Rust writes sonnets on his fur
Gravel sings a lullaby
Pages turn the chapters blur
Twilight paints the copper sky
My paws know every ISBN
Claws sharpened on Browning's spine
Oxidation blooms again
Red as Rheum in garden line
Rust writes sonnets on his fur
Gravel sings a lullaby
Pages turn the chapters blur
Twilight paints the copper sky
I speak in Latin to the fern
Dryopteris unfurls in shade
Watch the orange patina turn
On the coat that memory made
Soil remembers every root
Fur remembers every hand
Iron blooms where life took fruit
Patina maps this haunted land
Customers ask for my name
I offer only dusty purr
No tag declares my true domain
Silvestris catus wild demure
Rust writes sonnets on his fur
Gravel sings a lullaby
Pages turn the chapters blur
Twilight paints the copper sky
I propagate the cuttings now
Rooting hormone peat and sand
Watch the cat accept his bow
Rust and fur kiss gravel land
Rust writes sonnets on his fur
Gravel sings a lullaby
Pages turn the chapters blur
Twilight paints the copper sky
Iron fur in twilight waltz
Gravel sings the final pause