A cat named Machuk – and if so who strokes its back

He had a black cat named machuk when he was a boy

the cat followed him everywhere

and one day when he stroked the cat’s back

he saw a miracle

a sheet of light crackling under his hand

lightning in the sky

his father explained it’s the same thing as a sparks shooting from machuk’s back

and tessa asked himself

is nature a gigantic cat

and if so

who strokes its back