Papery Wasp Poem by Naveed Akram

Papery wasp
Bought with painful metals,
The nest speaks to
Us in a whirring.

Gasps afloat
In the distance like wine
Has been poured for all,
And everyone.

Stinging after stinging,
The heartiness of insects
Is the same, a feature of
Nature well-taught.

The leaders of the nest
Cajole ruinously,
A visitor called Me investigates
As a passerby, and passenger.

One seems to find him there,
The real rings of smoke come
From my pipe that softens
The senses and is applauded.