Sugar Daddy

        after Tom Friedman

refined & white
a man made of artificial

sweetener sugar
cubed the diabetic’s

nightmare, a young girl’s
longing for something

other than Equal

every kiss, jawbreaker
brittle lolli-pop – love that rots

teeth, leaves you
w/ diabetes, obesity

the sticky residue
of what the body

can’t resist
craving –

a saccharine mouthfeel