(verb: to bask in the sun)

Cats mastered this eons ago,
having passed on the lizard-like
quality to all felines ever after,

which is why, on the hottest
of days, like these at the front
end of fall, you may find

a clowder of cats apricating
in full sun, basking as if
plugged into our cosmic

energy source, which,
of course, like us,
they are.