The Pollen
WHAT does the pollen do?
It helps the ovule change to a seed.
It feeds the bees and the wasps and the flies.
But above all, it helps the ovule change to a seed.
How flowers and insects came to need each other, explained to children by a teacher who refused to talk down — “it would be very stupid indeed to try to read a book written in Arabic,” she begins, so look up every word you don't know.
WHAT does the pollen do?
It helps the ovule change to a seed.
It feeds the bees and the wasps and the flies.
But above all, it helps the ovule change to a seed.