The Orchid and the Wasp

 As the male wasp nuzzles forward in his attempts to mate,    
 he butts the pollinia, which stick to him like yellow horns.    
           — David Attenborough, The Private Life of Plants

  She does not promise that her purfle fur    
  is fur, or vouch the truth of her perfume.    
  Such details don’t consume the bachelor    
  who consummately longs to be the groom.    
  The honey bees ply less impassioned trips    
  across her garden of delights. So do flies,    
  who neither fall for ultraviolet lips    
  nor slip upon the hem of her disguise.

  But the wasp’s desire blinds. He thrusts    
  the hips of his decoy mistress, heedless    
  of her will. And she, foreseeing of his lust,    
  resolves to use his rutting head in secret.    
  It isn’t that he gets what he deserves.    
  The orchid bides so beautifully, it hurts.