Sense Sonnets

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

Orchid Mantis

The orchid mantis - bug or bloom?
Look closely at my pinkish bod.
Ah - a flower, quick to assume.
But then notice details quite odd.
Not petals, but flattened legs four
Of an insect that is endowed
With having a plant like decor
For purposed mimicry allowed.
A predator bird that's nearby,
I do not look like yummy meat.
But I'm attractive to a fly.
And when it lands, I grab and eat.

When I'm acting like a flower,
I do feel such awesome power.

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