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"On Deceit as Survival"--

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Darwin could not
believe an insect would

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visit a blossom
that had no reward

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and insisted that the
green-winged orchid must

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withhold its nectar deep inside.

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But he was deceived as well,
since this orchid does not

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offer nectar in its
own Darwinian desire--

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to attract then rid
itself of the useful bee.

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Still, others smell
like feces or carrion

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for the sort that prefers to
lay eggs in such environs.

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Yet another species of orchid
resembles a female bumblebee,

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ending in frustrated trysts,
or appears to be two fractious

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males, which also
attracts-- no surprise--

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a third male curious
enough to join the fray.

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What to make of highly evolved
beauty, bent on deception

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as survival--

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liposuction, rejuvenated
clitoris, plumped lips?

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I plead with daughters to
forget the enhanced buttocks

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and rely on soap as fragrance.

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But how can a mother
instruct on deceit

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when girls so readily
flaunt thigh and thong

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and when parking lots
are replete with broken

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fences and the preternatural
buzz of the car alarm?

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