While overhead, the west wind plays with the crown of regal Betis.
This long plume of orographic cloud tells an eloquent tale of water, born as it is of the vast Atlantic.
This the wind of dew and rain and for the dry south it is the cardinal point of life for the denizens hereabouts.
When this long banner unfurls to the Poniente, wind all life rejoices and looks to the gathering of rain bearing clouds.
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