Venus Fly Trap

I am a venus fly trap

And I like trapping flies

I wait until they move in close

Then give them a surprise

A bear is very hairy

A tortoise very tough

So I'll pick flies until I die

I'll never have enough

Some other smaller insects

I'll grab and gobble too

But as I'm born to feast on flies

They are my choice to chew

Unable to escape me

Once snapped up by my jaws

For breakfast, brunch, lunch, dinner please

Serve flies forevermore

The clue is in my title

My favoured type of meat

I love fly wings, heads, bodies, legs

Their tiny tasty feet

Who cares that they're disgusting

Filled full of dirt and muck?

All yummy in my tummy

Even though you're yelling “Yuck!”

I am a venus fly trap

Now slinking off to bed

I don't consume flies when asleep

I dream of them instead

The oddest of obsessions

Yet what I'm built to do

And if the world runs out of flies

Beware - I might trap you!