But he is a guy! And it is his 1 in 10000 chance to get lucky....

DRONE

I have an onomatopoeic name
That sounds a little like the noise I make.
I have no sting and I am very tame.
My sisters feed me for the family's sake,
As with my sperm I may pass on their genes.
Each afternoon I fly to congregate
In places where we might meet virgin queens
And maybe have a chance to copulate.
I'm told that's where the greatest danger lies:
I guess that swallows try to snap us up.
I see their movements with my compound eyes
And don't give them a chance on me to sup.
A queen is here! I get her lovely scent!
I wonder what that danger warning meant?

I sense that virgin queen is in the mood;
A thousand other drones here think the same.
It's likely that a score will score. I'm crude:
To mount while she's a virgin is my aim!
I know that after me there will be more,
She needs her spermatheca brimming full,
But once deflowered by me she'll be a whore!
If I'm first, she's in luck; I'm the prize bull!
She's just upwind - I think I'm getting close.
That's her! I have her in my sight.
I'm nearest, what is there to lose?
Got her! I'll mate with all my might.
WOW!!!
OWWW!!!!

Chris

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