1. She waters an August parched with calamity,
When the wildcats' cubs are left helpless.

2. She drinks from the pouring of the rivers, feeding him
On fish and crabs he has never tasted.

3. She cradles him to her wings and breast
As a girl cradles her drowsy baby brother.

4. She secretly imports the secret, when thirsty,
And the shallows beneath her talons are darkened.

5. Dotted about below with blackness
From which he copied the color and lined his eyes.