Bobcat in the Afternoon.

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Scantily shaded under a brim of cactus fiber, a bobcat politely mingled with the other contestants. Puffy blooms of acacia, desert fern, fairy duster, and Apache plume were spaced around a sunny prickly pear flower pinned with a devil’s claw. A bud and fruit made a drop earring, a sotol leaf held a plus-size snakeskin bow, and a senna flower rested on a string of creosote seeds.

Glancing around at the number of prey animals, she was sure that other bobcats would show up.
“I’ll have someone to flirt with!”