“The satisfactions/of agreement are/immediate as sugar--/a melting of the/granular, a syrup/that lingers, shared/not singular./Many prefer it.”
“Karo sugar syrup mixed with a red dye”
“Crystalline swirls of sugar and flour still lingered in the air like kite tails.”
“Our stories may be singular, but our destination is shared.”
“Men and women ain't lumps of sugar. They don't melt because the water is sometimes warm.”
“Consummation is consumptionWe cannot consummate our bliss and not consumeAll joys are cakes and vanish in eatingAll bliss is sugar's melting in the mouth”