The Urge to Breed (draft)

Perhaps Darwin explained
why when iguanas are struck
with the pressing urge to propagate,
they gallop blindly to a mystifying ritual
in the Galapagos in the equator
where the earth's midsection bulges

Iguanas in heat slide down volcanic slopes,
not directly into the lava pots,
but dangerously close
to have their young

Bombardment of boulders explode around them,
avalanches ignored, downward they spiral
to reachthe place that's choice
cold blooded reptilian desire
perhaps for vapors and sizzle
a need for ambiance
to have their young