Yucca

Scattered randomly
among chaparral.
Anomalous verticality.
Yellow, spiked leaves --
its inflorescence
rising from the center
of the rosette
like a station tower
lending the air around it
a power of attraction.
Bees arrive
at the pale spires --
circling drowsily,
industrious hovering;
drawn near
the clear syrup
peppered with ants
drowned in traps
disguised as ration.
Pollinated for continuum,
resistant to predation.
Undaunted witness
and survivor of fires.