Seeing Spots

Ferocious cloud leopard
hidden in the rocks

Invisible predator
silent and deadly

creep
creep
creep

creep

An explosion
    of ferocity
Escape is impossible
entwined bodies roll and writhe
The prey is vanquished

Then Mama rises
knocking her kitten to the ground
Her long rough tongue
caresses the successful offspring

Learning to hunt is hard work.