Lactose, Fructose, Alcohol, Sucrose . . .

Only one set
Of experiences
Is literally sweet:

Sugar. Nothing else,
From first puppy love
To last lingering kiss,

Is anything
More than metaphor
For tasting sugar.

Sugar, sugar,
Sugar! Only
Air and water

Can compete
With that need
For something sweet.

Sex is fine,
And love, we all
Damn well agree,

Is better.
Vitamins and protein,
Various healthy things

Like sleep
And dreams, however
Pleasant or 

Otherwise, are 
Necessary to whatever  
Life we keep,

But sugar, sugar,
And only sugar,
Is actually sweet.